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Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by nine_k on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:11PM (#50462991)
The call to import this has more than the Python syntax meaning.
Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by leoc on Thursday November 12, 2026 @06:07PM (#50475726)
Right, it started out as a t-shirt slogan: https://www.wefearchange.org/2010/06/import-this-and-zen-of-... .
Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 by zahlman on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:46AM (#50486115)
Barry Warsaw contributed a more complete explanation in the DPO thread: https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-tim-peters-1952-202...