> I've developed an aversion to anything that doesn't follow the Zen of Python: "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
ZoP doesn't say that there should be only one way to do something, it say there should be one obvious way to do it. That doesn't preclude alternate, equally or - preferably - less obvious ways. Many languages could stand close to that aphorism.
Ok, so which language(s) are you using then?