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1. toenai+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-04 09:30:02
Lol, what does this mean?
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2. ayhanf+W1[view] [source] 2025-08-04 09:45:53
>>toenai+(OP)
Most recently Tim Peters was suspended and many people found the suspension reasons unjustified. I assume the GP is referring to similar events.
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3. ahoka+x3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-04 10:03:06
>>ayhanf+W1
Of the Timsort fame, wow.
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4. toenai+64[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-04 10:07:58
>>ayhanf+W1
Ah, that makes sense, thanks. A few years ago I saw bullying and harassment in one Python project that was instigated by the code of conduct committee. Seems like history is repeating..
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5. zahlma+FP1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-04 19:51:20
>>ahoka+x3
Timsort, the Zen of Python, and many other things. Over 2500 commits to the CPython repository overall (11th on the all-time list). Quite good at explaining details of how floating-point works, especially as relates to Python, IMX. And extraordinarily helpful over a long period of time: https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3A2705542+is%3Aanswe...
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6. lumpa+Br3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-05 11:35:59
>>zahlma+FP1
And still an important voice in the Python community: https://discuss.python.org/u/tim.one/summary
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