Python: Named After a Comedy Show
In short: Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum created Python in 1989 as a hobby project, naming it after Monty Python's Flying Circus before it became a global standard for data science.
A 1:20 short film in the series “Code Stories”.
Sources used in this film: Computer History Museum, “2018 Museum Fellow Guido van Rossum, Python Creator & Benevolent Dictator for Life”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “The Programming Language Named for Monty Python Evolved at NIST”; ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), “Python at 25”; Britannica, “Python”; Computer History Museum, “Guido van Rossum”; MDPI, “Machine Learning in Python: Main Developments and Technology Trends in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence”; Python Software Foundation, “General Python FAQ”.
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- Computer History Museum — 2018 Museum Fellow Guido van Rossum, Python Creator & Benevolent Dictator for Life · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — The Programming Language Named for Monty Python Evolved at NIST · View →
- ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) — Python at 25 · View →
- Britannica — Python · View →
- Computer History Museum — Guido van Rossum · View →
- MDPI — Machine Learning in Python: Main Developments and Technology Trends in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence · View →
- Python Software Foundation — General Python FAQ · View →
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum: 2018 Museum Fellow Guido van Rossum, Python Creator & Benevolent Dictator for Life
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): The Programming Language Named for Monty Python Evolved at NIST
- Also: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): Python at 25
- Also: Britannica: Python
- Also: Computer History Museum: Guido van Rossum
- Also: MDPI: Machine Learning in Python: Main Developments and Technology Trends in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
- Also: Python Software Foundation: General Python FAQ
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