At the time it was written, python was already around a decade old. There was some discussion about the "true" way of python and some demands to "fix" python, y

At the time it was written, python was already around a decade old. There was some discussion about the "true" way of python and some demands to "fix" python, yada yada. Someone demanded some short description of the python philosophy to counter those discussion, and the Zen was made up for this. It's a condensed definition of the philosophy and goals which went into python at that point. A guide to define the borders of the road to good python, but also a guard against those who wanna change the direction of this road.