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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:59:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:18:08 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:

> Stefan Ram:
> 
>> |The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters |[...]
>> |Flat is better than nested. [...]
> 
> Then why does Python lack the ultimate code flattener, the `goto'
> operator, and mandates structural indentation?

I never took that “flat is better than nested” nonsense seriously, anyway. 
If I need to nest in my Python code, I nest: statement nesting, function 
nesting, class nesting, whatever makes sense.