Guido van Rossum


Guido van Rossum is a Dutch programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. In the Python community, Van Rossum is known as a Benevolent Dictator For Life , meaning that he continues to oversee the Python development process, making decisions where necessary. He was employed by Google from 2005 untilDecember 2012, where he spent half his time developing the Python language. In January 2013, Van Rossum started working for Dropbox.

Van Rossum was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he received a masters degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Amsterdam in 1982. He later worked for various research institutes, including the Dutch Centrum Wiskunde amp Informatica , Amsterdam, the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives , Reston, Virginia.

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