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How Microsoft Embraced Python (medium.com)
Steve Dower, a Python developer at Microsoft, describes how the language become popular internally:
In 2010, our few Pythonistas were flying under the radar, in case somebody noticed that they could reassign a few developers to their own project. The team was small, leftover from a previous job, but was chipping away at a company culture that suffered from "not invented here" syndrome: Python was a language that belonged to other people, and so Microsoft was not interested. Over the last eight years, the change has been dramatic. Many Microsoft products now include Python support, and some of the newest only support Python. Some of our critical tools are written in Python, and we are actively investing in the language and community....
In 2018, we are out and proud about Python, supporting it in our developer tools such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, hosting it in Azure Notebooks, and using it to build end-user experiences like the Azure CLI. We employ five core CPython developers and many other contributors, are strong supporters of open-source data science through NumFOCUS and PyData, and regularly sponsor, host, and attend Python events around the world.
"We often felt like a small startup within a very large company" Downer writes, in a post for the Medium community "Microsoft Open Source Stories."
In 2018, we are out and proud about Python, supporting it in our developer tools such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, hosting it in Azure Notebooks, and using it to build end-user experiences like the Azure CLI. We employ five core CPython developers and many other contributors, are strong supporters of open-source data science through NumFOCUS and PyData, and regularly sponsor, host, and attend Python events around the world.
"We often felt like a small startup within a very large company" Downer writes, in a post for the Medium community "Microsoft Open Source Stories."
"In 2018, we are out and proud about Python"
Careful, or some SJW will accuse you of cultural appropriation.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Someone's a brassy little minnow.
Python embraces you.
Dear Microsoft,
Please, please, please extinguish Python.
It's not dead yet, but it should be.
-Signed,
AC Representing People Who Hate Whitespace-Sensitive Programming Languages
Whoever thought it was a good idea to use whitespace as a language construct needs to be taken out back and shot. Python can be the greatest language in the world but until that horseshit goes away it's dead to me and most other not-shit programmers.
White space of death
Table-ized A.I.
I'd rather a Python embrace Microsoft... and squeeze... and squeeze... and squeeze...
{ AC { Representing { People { Who { Hate { Whitespace-Sensitive } } } } Programming } Languages }
that give them a competitive edge.
You meant a competitive chrome?
Ezekiel 23:20