Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft's Developer Division. Van Rossum, who was last employed by Dropbox, retired ...

The original open source software “Benevolent Dictator For Life” and author of Python, Guido van Rossum, is leaving Google to join Dropbox, the startup will announce later today. Van Rossum was a ...

This computer programming pioneer created the Python programming language, contributed a glob() routine to BSD Unix and aided in developing the ABC programming language. Born on January 31, 1956 in ...

Python’s designer explains why he stepped down as “benevolent dictator for life”—and how he’ll stay involved with the language Python inventor Guido van Rossum shocked the Python world on July 12 when ...

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Since its introduction in 1991, Python has gathered a loyal following who claim that the open-source language makes them more productive. This summer, the Python Project will release Version 2.3, ...

Python creator Guido van Rossum has written a blog entry that describes the current development status of Python 3.0 (codenamed Python 3000) and provides insight into the major features and language ...

Mobile use, support via WebAssembly, and many imaginative options are in in the works for the popular object-oriented language There’s no doubt that Python, a 25-year-old open source, object-oriented ...