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It always get cited as "only one way to do it", but the actual motto is "there should be one obvious way to do it". It's very different.
by rbonvall 16y ago
It always get cited as "only one way to do it", but the actual motto is "there should be one obvious way to do it". It's very different.
- JadeNB 16y agoI think that the full quote is a synthesis of the two: > There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. The follow-up I think hammers home the subjectiveness of ‘obvious’: > Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.