What is the (ε′/ε)exp telling us?

Nature might be kinder than previously thought as far as epsilon '/epsilon is concerned. We show that the recently obtained experimental value for epsilon '/epsilon does not require sizeable 1/N and isospin-breaking corrections. We propose to display the theoretical results for epsilon '/epsilon in a (p(1/2), p(3/2)) plane in which the experimental result is represented by a (epsilon '/epsilon)(exp)-path. This should allow to exhibit transparently the role of 1/N and isospin-breaking corrections in different calculations of epsilon '/epsilon. From now on theorists are allowed to walk only along this (epsilon '/epsilon)(exp)-path. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.