I came across this recently:<p>&gt; Barry Warsaw, one of the core Python developers, once said that it frustrated him that &quot;The Zen of Python&quot; (PEP 20) is used as a style guide for Python code, since it was originally written as a poem about Python&#x27;s internal design. [0]<p>I did a quick search for a little more background but didn&#x27;t find anything.  I&#x27;d be curious to hear more.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;amontalenti&#x2F;elements-of-python-style#a-little-zen-for-your-code-style" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;amontalenti&#x2F;elements-of-python-style#a-li...</a>