Guido van Rossum

The Dutch programmer who wrote Python over a Christmas holiday and led it, as BDFL, for three decades.

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born 1956

Core Principles & Analysis

• He began Python in December 1989, as a hobby project for the Christmas break.
• The name comes not from the snake but from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• He stepped down as 'BDFL' in 2018, handing Python to a steering council.