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Discussion on: What do you think about the idea that "there should be only one way of doing a thing" in programming languages?

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Anjaneyulu Aerrolla

this quote is completely taken out of context , there is second line

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.

all it is saying is we should strive to do it better , and Dutch refers to Guido van Rossum as reveled by author of zen of python Tim Peters.
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