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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:44:04 +0100
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On 25/02/15 17:04, Peter Otten wrote:

> These guys found a bug that is subtler than what most of us have dealt with
> in a widely used piece of code originally developed by one of the smarter
> members of the python "community".
>
> I bow my head to them and say thank you.

I am not joking about that. It is more the hype this gets that indicates 
TimSort is already broken today, and even on your cell phone.


Sturla