《Python之禅》的个人思考与翻译

我们学习了解一个编程语言之始，往往是用其去编写一个面世的程序。而Python在在她的“import this”中书写了20条Python哲学。

python -c "import this"

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
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.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than right now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!

美丽胜于丑陋
明晰强过隐晦
大巧而不工，重剑而无锋
扁平优于嵌套
稀疏胜过密集
可读重者恒重
特例也不足以违背秩序
尽管实践胜于纯粹
谬误理应遏止
除非我们保持沉默
直面分歧
御臆想之诱
求索之尽必是光明之途
呵，
此路难有坦途
除非你是那个荷兰人¹
今朝有为胜过无为
即使，道常无为而无不为
道非可道，非上道
另外
命名空间是个很棒的想法

从Python之道中，我们可以发现：python中认定一个好的代码是无为的，是大巧不工的，是符合道家朴素唯物观的；随后指出在程序设计无坦途，必然会四处碰壁，但应对挫折与分歧时，要采取行动，有为胜于无为，可以解释清楚的决策才是好的决策而非道可道非常道，这里又有歧与道家思想。这也或许是Python哲学上的“分而治之”。

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1. “那个荷兰人”指的是Python之父——Guido van Rossum ↩︎