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Guido van Rossum Interviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-to-know dept.

Qa1 writes "Guido von Rossum, creator of Python, was recently interviewed by the folks at O'Reilly Network. In this interview he discusses his view of the future of Python and the Open Source community and programming languages in general. Some more personal stuff is also mentioned, like his recent job change (including the Slashdot story about it) and a little about how he manages to fit developing Python into his busy schedule."

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  1. From the interview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Interviewer: Why did you make whitespace significant in Python?
    Guido: I smoked a lot of crack that day.

  2. Welcome to our Overlords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Python overlords and will gadly submit to their constrictions.

  3. Re:Can anyone by einstein · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lisp programmers scare me. Someone mentions a feature that lisp has had for a few years, and invariable some lisp guy comments on how it's the future! switch now! Look at all the babes I attract with my Lisp skillz!

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  4. Re:The MAJOR advantage is simplicity by Malcontent · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should say "easier to read then perl" because I don't think it's easier to read then ruby or php or even java. But then again just about anything is easier to read then perl. Perl code looks like it's cursing at you.

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  5. My favorite quote from the article by Doppler00 · · Score: 2, Funny

    GvR: ...I do it myself by staying where I am and giving keynotes at conferences and making my personal life the subject of discussions on Slashdot. ...

    ORN: Perhaps they should get lives of their own instead of discussing yours?

    I think he's talking about us...
  6. Re:Python vs. the others by glenstar · · Score: 2, Funny
    Some people think Perl is more in the UNIX spirit than Python.

    Difficult and surly? ;-)

  7. Re:Fool! by jc42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, of course you can do anything in perl. First you write a routine that emulates a Turing machine ...

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  8. Re:Can anyone by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why is everybody so intent on rewriting smalltalk and lisp?

    Because they get embarrassed trying to make smalltalk with a lisp.