Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026
by neya on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:42AM
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For anyone with more context, could you please help me understand why this wasn't announced earlier? Seems like such a great loss to the community. But, waiting until November to announce the death of a pioneer in July doesn't seem to sit right. Unless there's any historical or cultural context (in which case, I apologize in advance).
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The PSF has become a force of ideological machine with zero tolerance to any disagreement. Tim was sadly banned from the very community he helped to build. He wrote about his ban, see https://tim-one.github.io/psf/
Re:In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026
by noufalibrahim on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:36AM
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There was a "discussion" about some terminology in Python that was considered offensive going on and I remember a tweet from someone (I think it was Guido but I'm likely wrong) saying that many people who argue about these things (referring to politically correct terminology) seem to forget what Python was named after.
The language was named after the British comedy troupe rather than the snake.
Damn, if I was banned from a community that I created, I'd be really sad. What a POS PSF has become
And some the perpetrators who libeled him are active on GitHub one day after the announcement to show presence and demonstrate that they don't care at all.
I doubt Guido waited with the announcement, it's most likely he and nobody in the community knew before this week.
It was this. There's no nefarious explanation. It's simply that Tim's real-world life didn't overlap much with his online life. People noticed that he had been quiet for a while, went looking, and found his obituary.