I don't mind if there's a single way of doing things (although I prefer when there's an escape hatch). But plenty of languages have a single way of, say, itera

I don't mind if there's a single way of doing things (although I prefer when there's an escape hatch). But plenty of languages have a single way of, say, iterating over the lines of a file that doesn't involve writing the same expression twice and feeling straitjacketed.