Op ma 17 sep. 2018 om 16:40 schreef Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com>:
> I think it's meant to be ironic? > > Why would that be the first sentence of a poem about software and the > Python newsgroup/mailing list community? > > A certain percentage of people might be offended by changing the first > line (the frame of) of said poem; to "I'm better than you". > > Dominance and arrogance are upsetting to a certain percentage, so that > shouldn't occur. (Though arrogance tends to be the norm in many open source > communities which are necessarily discerning and selective; in order to > avoid amateurish mediocrity). > > So, in a way, "Beautiful is better than ugly" was the CoC in the Python > community for many years; so, now that the CoC is in place, the best thing > to do may be to just remove the Zen of Python entirely; rather than > dominate the authors' sarcastic poem until it's devoid of its intentional > tone. > > I always considered the Zen to be about code only. I don't think I ever read the CoC, and just assumed "at least pretend to be a decent person". I don't think the CoC has anything to do with your code, right ?
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