Software practice · 2004
PEP 20: The Zen of Python
Python Enhancement Proposal 20 · Informational · 19 August 2004
Nineteen aphorisms by Tim Peters on the principles behind the design of the Python language.
Read the text The whole poster as a web page
Part of the series Free software and ways of working.
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- A3
- License
- Public domain
- Source
- github.com
- Retrieved
- 26 September 2026
- Language
- English
- Rights holder
- Tim Peters, 2004
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Edition
reStructuredText source of PEP 20 in the python/peps repository. The heading “The Zen of Python” is left out as it repeats the title, and the copyright section is in the footer.
Rights
This document has been placed in the public domain.
