Guido Van Rossum: 21 Years of Py, From Pet Project to Prog Lang of the Year

http://mvdirona.com/jrh/TalksAndPapers/GuidoVanRossum_21_years_of_python.pdf

by yarapavan • 15 years ago

96 11 15 years ago

Did some digging couldn't find out if this was taped as well. Any one have a link?

kingkilr• 15 years ago

Amazon taped all of our talks, but I don't think they're for external distribution because Amazon engineers were asking questions involving internal information.

yarapavan• 15 years ago

James Hamilton's notes from the talk: http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2011/05/23/GuidoVanRossum21...

briancurtin• 15 years ago

Correction from the notes and the talk slides, re: PyCon "2012-2013: Toronto; 2014-2015: Bay area"

s/Toronto/Santa Clara

s/Bay area/Montreal

jcapote• 15 years ago

By whose measure is it the "programming language of the year?"

nmb• 15 years ago

Mine. :) But more seriously, if it's not by yours, then does it matter?

brandall10• 15 years ago

"Python has twice been awarded as TIOBE Programming Language of the Year (2007, 2010), which is given to the language with the greatest growth in popularity over the course of the year (as measured by the TIOBE index)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)

vishgm• 15 years ago

What does he mean by "Design iterations based on user testing"?

pavpanchekha• 15 years ago

The design was tested on users and changed to fit their needs?

sp332• 15 years ago

It seems clear to people who know the jargon :)

mixmastamyk• 15 years ago

Try Floss Weekly #11 for a similar talk:

http://twit.tv/floss11

Guido Van Rossum: 21 Years of Py, From Pet Project to Prog Lang of the Year

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