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Guido van Rossum Interviewed

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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  2. pythons future by dirtydiaper · · Score: -1, Troll

    I belive that python will take over for everyone who uses perl and thus become very strong in the open source market

  3. All the trolls would like to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shove your tabs and spaces up your arse! Every programmer who tried to write more than "hello world" in pascal knows what we're talking about! No real language would force you to type languages like that. And Python Zealots with mod points, give us your worst, offtopic troll flamebait redundant overated what ever. Because WE don't care (we are AC's and we use proxies). The trolls around here are very talented in REAL languages such as C, perl, and c# See Shitstorm as an exmaple of troll programming!. Your toy language should go with the other languages like java, basic, pascal and php which makes dumb people think their leet.

  4. YAPLWDN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    from the Yet Another Programming Language We Don't Need department

    but re-inventing the weheel is what we do best right ? thats why we have 500mb word processors that require more processing power than a 1990's supercomputer to run

  5. Bends for less than a $ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He doesn't answer really. Is he gonna write closed source code and throw away all the OSS philosophy or not. Better he stops bullshitting and try to be the 'good member of the OSS community'. Yet another unimportant buy-out. If he's being hired to code OSS, then that's another win for the CS community. Because, commercialy OSS vendors are fighting each other over improving an OSS product (Redhat, SuSe, etc.) and that's how they get weakened and kneed to the fuck by the CS guys.

  6. YAPLWDN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    from the Yet Another Programming Language We Don't Need department

    but re-inventing the wheel is what we programmers do best right ? thats why we have 500mb word processors and 30mb text editors that require more processing power than a 1990's supercomputer to run.

  7. ORGY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    > .. having sex with Linus and Guido and ESR?
    Yeah baby yeah that is .. free group sex !!

  8. replacing python with c# would get you 5, funny! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  10. Re:Can anyone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's because you're standing behind the cash taking their orders for lunch.

  11. CANT BELIEVE THIS GOT MODDED DOWN?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i can't belive this messages parent got modded down as flamebait...

    listen up SLASHDOT MODERATORS. you are collectively stupid. something isn't FLAMEBAIT because you disagree.

    morons.