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Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by pdonis on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:13PM (#50456533)
One of my favorite Tim Peters comp.lang.python posts has always been this one in the discussion of doctest:

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.python/c/DfzH5Nrt05E/m...

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Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by apetresc on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:25PM (#50456712)
> Ack, on my keyboard I rebound the Tab key to something less annoying: it deletes a random DLL from c:\Windows\SYSTEM\. OK, OK, version 0.0.2 caters to stinking tabs. Patch follows.
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Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by pdonis on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:57PM (#50459249)
Don't forget how he signed that post:

> if-tabs-were-called-hemorrhoids-as-god-intended-people-would-see-them-for-the-bloody-mess-they-are-ly y'rs - tim

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