Since the release of the Zen of Python, there has been research done on its effectiveness and actual use among developers. Despite the difference in interpretation between beginners and experienced Python programmers, interviews among 13 Python programmers of varying skill show that the Zen of Python "positively influences the way developers write and talk about code".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Alexandru |first1=Carol V. |last2=Merchante |first2=José J. |last3=Panichella |first3=Sebastiano |last4=Proksch |first4=Sebastian |last5=Gall |first5=Harald C. |last6=Robles |first6=Gregorio |chapter=On the usage of pythonic idioms |date=2018-10-24 |title=Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on New Ideas, New Paradigms, and Reflections on Programming and Software |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1145/3276954.3276960 |series=Onward! 2018 |___location=New York, NY, USA |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1145/3276954.3276960 |isbn=978-1-4503-6031-9 |s2cid=53057358 |oclc=1362712424 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/156901/1/paper.pdf |chapter-url-access=registration |archive-url=https://doiweb.archive.org/10.5167web/20240324015819/https://www.zora.uzh-.ch/id/eprint/156901/1/paper.pdf |archive-date=2018-102024-03-24 |access-date=2024-02-19 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Researchers extended this [[case study]] to explore the use of Python [[Programming idiom|idioms]] on [[GitHub]] repositories, and found that the usage of "Pythonic idioms"{{Efn|A list of their Pythonic idioms can be found here https://slimshadyiam.github.io/ZenYourPython/}} increased over time.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Farooq |first1=Aamir |last2=Zaytsev |first2=Vadim |chapter=There is more than one way to zen your Python |date=2021-11-22 |title=Proceedings of the 14th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering |chapter-url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3486608.3486909 |series=SLE 2021 |___location=New York, NY, USA |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |pages=68–82 |doi=10.1145/3486608.3486909 |isbn=978-1-4503-9111-5}}</ref> Writing Python code that aligns with the Zen of Python may save [[Computer memory|memory]] and [[Execution (computing)|run time]] of Python programs.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Leelaprute |first1=Pattara |last2=Chinthanet |first2=Bodin |last3=Wattanakriengkrai |first3=Supatsara |last4=Kula |first4=Raula Gaikovina |last5=Jaisri |first5=Pongchai |last6=Ishio |first6=Takashi |chapter=Does coding in Pythonic zen peak performance?: Preliminary experiments of nine Pythonic idioms at scale |date=2022-10-20 |title=Proceedings of the 30th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1145/3524610.3527879 |series=ICPC '22 |___location=New York, NY, USA |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |pages=575–579 |doi=10.1145/3524610.3527879 |isbn=978-1-4503-9298-3}}</ref> The desire to write in Pythonic code has led to [[Code refactoring|refactoring]] tools to help programmers achieve this goal.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Zhang |first1=Zejun |title=Making Python Code Idiomatic by Automatic Refactoring Non-Idiomatic Python Code with Pythonic Idioms |date=2022-07-12 |arxiv=2207.05613 |last2=Xing |first2=Zhenchang |last3=Xia |first3=Xin |last4=Xu |first4=Xiwei |last5=Zhu |first5=Liming}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Phan-udom |first1=Purit |title=Teddy: Automatic Recommendation of Pythonic Idiom Usage For Pull-Based Software Projects |date=2020-09-05 |arxiv=2009.03302 |last2=Wattanakul |first2=Naruedon |last3=Sakulniwat |first3=Tattiya |last4=Ragkhitwetsagul |first4=Chaiyong |last5=Sunetnanta |first5=Thanwadee |last6=Choetkiertikul |first6=Morakot |last7=Kula |first7=Raula Gaikovina}}</ref>
