Guido van Rossum
Python Programming Language Creator
Born
January 31st, 1956
69 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Netherlands
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A Dutch programmer created the Python programming language in the late 1980s, aiming to design a language that emphasized code readability and simplicity. Python gained widespread popularity among developers and is used in various domains, including web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and more. Van Rossum also worked at various organizations, including the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in the Netherlands and later joined Microsoft. Throughout his career, he advocated for software quality and open-source principles.
Created Python programming language
Served as the principal author of Python
Promoted open-source software development
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