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I got this from some spam I received from a trade magazine.  I'm not much on
passing on pearls of wisdom from <irony> others </irony>, but this one
really illuminates a pet peeve of mine and has the force of **AUTHORITY**.


Python's clear syntax (using indentation for statement grouping) brings to
mind something Nicholas Wirth, invent! or of the Pascal language, once said:
"Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication,
which is baffling-the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than
admiration. Possibly this trend results from a mistaken belief that using a
somewhat mysterious device confers an aura of power on the user." 
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