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Guido Goes Google

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the golly-gee dept.

revividus writes "It seems that Python creator Guido van Rossum has received an offer from Google, and accepted it. Here is also some confirmation."

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  1. that's it? by nazsco · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, let's hope the dupe has more info than those two lines.

    1. Re:that's it? by BLueSS · · Score: 4, Funny

      More than two lines? Why? That might actually make it an article!

    2. Re:that's it? by revividus · · Score: 5, Funny
      Yeah, I know. I had nothing to add, sorry. ;-)

      Did you want me to say that Google was a search engine and that Python was a programming language?

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    3. Re:that's it? by anaesthetica · · Score: 5, Funny
      Next time try throwing in some over-the-top, sensationalized, flamebait speculation. More points if it's a complete non-sequitur. For example:

      "It seems that Python creator Guido van Rossum has received an offer from Google, and accepted it. Here is also some confirmation. Does this finally confirm that vi is better than emacs?"

      or

      "It seems that Python creator Guido van Rossum has received an offer from Google, and accepted it. Here is also some confirmation. Is this move calculated to counter Apple's move to Intel?"

      See? It's not so hard.

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    4. Re:that's it? by zaguar · · Score: 3, Funny
      And to cap it off, add a slight disclaimer that 'you don't want to start a flamewar'.

      It seems that Python creator Guido van Rossum has received an offer from Google, and accepted it. Here is also some confirmation. Not to flame the flames, but does this unexpected move confirm that PostgreSQL is slipping behind MySQL in the conformance to SQL Standards?

      or

      It seems that Python creator Guido van Rossum has received an offer from Google, and accepted it. Here is also some confirmation. Would he have been hired if he was a C++ programmer? Not to restart the flamewar, but doesn't this prove that C++ and Java are toy languages compared to python?

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    5. Re:that's it? by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, "not to start a flamewar" is old-school. These days, the tactic is to say something that you can be reasonably sure will get modded up to +5, but trying to make yourself look rebellious and daring by prefixing it with, "I know I'll get modded down for this, but ..."

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  2. One Liners... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The winning offer was the one that had first-line indented paragraphs.

    We just love a guy that gets so wrapped up in his work!

    We've got penguins, we've got pythons, and we've got a lemur with a minigun...this zoo rocks!

    After hearing the report, Ballmer threw a Hissssy fit.

    Someone reported a problem with a mouse at Google Central and the recruiter got to work on hiring the python guy.

    With a keen eye on competition, Google is just trying to catch up to the number of reptiles employed by Microsoft.

  3. No, no, no, no! by MrHanky · · Score: 4, Funny

    By hiring Guido, they are clearly stating that there's only one way to do it. And that way is, of course, with Python.

    Yes, I see a Google search for 'perl' now has a transcript of Monty Python's Parrot sketch as the first hit.

  4. Better article headline: by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    google.py: import Guido

  5. Re:an offer from Google by FrankDrebin · · Score: 3, Funny

    An offer you can't refuse

    ... especially when your name is Guido.

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    'Flying chairs', coded by Steve 'monkey' Balmer.

  7. My plan to get hired by Google: by BigZaphod · · Score: 3, Funny

    Step 1) Develop several important and useful programming languages.
    Step 2) ????
    Step 3) Profit!

    Unfortunately I think my languages are just too powerful for Google, really. I'm not sure they can handle them. That must be why they haven't called me yet...

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