From: Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T14:59:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious programmers and syntax (was Re: Python vs Ruby)

I prefer the word elegant to beautiful. 

Elegant code = the best part of programming

Part of making code elegant is writing it, then stripping away the
cruft and distilling the essence of the algorithm in what remains.
Like sculpture.