Why and how "there is only one way to do something"?

[Dave Benjamin]

[Steve]

Since Python is Turing-complete

Is there some equivalent of Godwin's Law that we can invoke at this
point?

None that I know of, but perhaps there should be. =) Note that in this
particular thread, we could have invoked the real Godwin's Law already.

Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing
of interest is easy." -- Alan Perlis, "Epigrams on Programming"

 

[Dave Benjamin]

So, there's two ways to do it. ;-)

Yes, but which way do you do it if you're Dutch?

 

[John Hazen]

(Am I dating myself? Do teenagers still put studs on their jackets?)

No. They put studs in their lips, tongues, eyebrows, navels, and sexual
organs.

Oh, and ears. (How quaint.)

 

[Roy Smith]

No. They put studs in their lips, tongues, eyebrows, navels, and sexual
organs.

Oh, and ears. (How quaint.)

I don't believe I've ever seen anybody with a stud in their eyebrow.
Plenty of rings, but not studs. Maybe I just don't hang out in the right
places?

 

[Kay Schluehr]

As far as I know, Perl is known as "there are many ways to do
something" and Python is known as "there is only one way". Could you
please explain this? How is this possible and is it *really* a good
concept?

Do you know about the existence of god, just or scientific truth? Of
course not. All this is highly imaginary and transendental. It's always
outside of the system allthough the believe that it is immanent may be
part of it's promotion and is always an essential part of a working
belief system that is added to reality. So while it is actually
impossible to have any evidence a community may strive for it's
presence and this is their basic principle. A "pythonic" solution to a
programming problem in Python is both impossible and unverifiable, but
also inevitable and a necessary part of it's reflection. It wouldn't be
a Zen aspect if there is not the language itself is speeking. In the
end everything is open to interpretation, but interpretation is itself
a "glue code".

But why unique? I don't know. Maybe because there are only three
numbers: one, two and many. Perl is many. Duality is mysterious. One is
simple.

Kay

 

[Brian van den Broek]

(e-mail address removed) said unto the world upon 2005-12-15 07:50:

obvious). It is just like there are language on this planet that reads
from right to left horizontally, as well as top to bottom, then right
to left. And you are trying to tell them that English way is the "right
way" or the obvious way.

..English write to way obvious the is right to left that just, No