I haven't seen it mentioned here but OG Python developer Tim Peters
passed away last July, and Guido just relayed the info to the Python
discourse forum:
https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-tim-peters-1952-2026/110028
He was a regular poster on this newsgroup back when it was more active
than it is today, plus an always-wise presence on Python's bug tracker.
I didn't know him offline, but I'll miss him anyway. RIP.
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