
ALT One day the kingdom of the peaceful mushroom people were invaded by the Koopa, a tribe of turtles famous for their dark magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks, and even field horsehair plants. The Mushroom Kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell on the people and return them to their normal selves is the princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is presently in the hands of the great Koopa Turtle king. Mario, the hero of the story (maybe), hears about the Mushroom People's plight and sets out on a quest to free the princess from the evil Koopa and restore the fallen kingdom. You are Mario! Its up to you to save the Mushroom People from the dark magic of the Koopa!

ALT The Zen of Python by Tim Peters Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. Although practicality beats purity. Errors should never pass silently. Unless explicitly silenced. In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. Now is better than never. Although never is often better than *right* now. If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!



