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Python core developer Tim Peters has died

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Tim Peters, the influential Python core developer best known for creating the Timsort sorting algorithm and writing 'The Zen of Python', has died at 74, according to an announcement on the official Python discussion forum. Programmers worldwide are sharing tributes, recalling his decades of contributions to the language, his CPython work and his famously clear writing about software design.

Why now: The death of one of Python's most beloved and influential figures has prompted an outpouring of tributes from the programming community.

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