A Date With Tim Peters...

[Martijn Faassen]

Raymond Sheffield <rsheffield at trestigres.com> wrote:

> Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> Did you ever wonder what Tim Peters looks like?  Have you ever wanted
>> proof that he's not a runaway AI project or a secret alias for the
>> Benevolent Dictator?
>> 
>> Now's your chance.  Come to the Python Conference in Washington DC and
>> meet Tim, Guido and the rest of the Python crowd for four days of
>> intense Pythoneering.  Some program highlights:

> May I suggest that any kind of date with Tim Peters ---- shudder
> ---- is, perhaps, the least appealing thing about python? We
> appreciate Peters as a non-real thing . . . but to see him, the
> creature, in real life might be a little more off-putting than most
> can endure. I recommend a cage, a whip, and a stun-gun.

Oh come on. Did you really think the *real* Tim Peters entity would show up?
Of course it'll hire an actor to *play* Tim Peters.

We-can-easily-find-out-as-he'll-look-so-normal-ly yours,

Martijn
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