If you spent some time in the Python community, you've probably heard the term PEP, which stands

for Python enhancement proposal. In fact, the very first one was created in June 2000,

and its purpose was to define the PEP process itself. Our guest this week, Nick Coglin,

was a co-author on that very pep and many, many more.

In this episode, we're going to discuss peps and how Python officially evolves,

but also there are many other forces that drive and influence Python.

So let's dig into all of these right now.

This is Talk Python to Me.

Episode 153 recorded February 6th, 2018.

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