Tim Peters

Summary

Tim Peters is a human^[1]. He worked as a programmer^[2]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #7,244 of 1,000,298).^[3]

Key Facts

• Tim Peters worked as a programmer^[2].
• A notable work attributed to Tim Peters is Zen of Python^[4].
• A notable work attributed to Tim Peters is Timsort^[5].
• Tim Peters is recorded as male^[6].
• Tim Peters's instance of is recorded as human^[7].
• Tim Peters's family name is recorded as Peters^[8].
• Tim Peters's given name is recorded as Tim^[9].
• Tim Peters's different from is recorded as Tim Peters^[10].
• Tim Peters's GitHub account is recorded as tim-one^[11].
• Tim Peters's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gmzlnhxn^[12].

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Career and Affiliations

Tim Peters's professions included programmer^[2].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Zen of Python^[4], a creative work^[13], founded in 1999^[14], written by Tim Peters^[15] and Timsort^[5], a sorting algorithm^[16]. Things named for him include Timsort^[17], a sorting algorithm^[18].

Why It Matters

Tim Peters ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #7,244 of 1,000,298).^[3]

He is credited with the discovery of Timsort^[19], a sorting algorithm^[20]. Works attributed to him include Zen of Python^[21], a creative work^[22], founded in 1999^[23], written by him^[24]. Entities named for him include Timsort^[17], a sorting algorithm^[18].

FAQs

What did Tim Peters do for work?

Tim Peters worked as programmer^[2].

What did Tim Peters discover?

Tim Peters is credited as discoverer of Timsort^[19].