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Python has a famous adage `explicit better than implicit`.

You want to be explicit but still concise while writing python.

I do not have any experience with Java, but I guess when writing Java you can feel that you use too many words than needed (i.e. definition of verbose [0]), wikipedia has a hello world example[1] and it feels just heavy.

IMHO if you write pythonic code, very often it feels like writing/reading prose, seems like talking to computer. You are not too implicit, neither too verbose.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbose

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)#"H...



I'm guilty of this, because words are so meaningless to me. I'd rather have single lettre or glyph than ~clear yet ambiguous words.




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