Guido van Rossum, Python creator, has retired from Microsoft
marlene_zw · x · 2026-10-09
Python creator and former BDFL Guido van Rossum has retired from Microsoft, per the author's discovery. She reflects on a 2024 interview she did with him, marveling at how much the Python ecosystem has changed in a short time and mourning the news.
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