https://medium.com/@the_economist/python-has-brought-computer-programming-to-a-vast-new-audience-1f2b0eac8159

In December 1989 Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist, set himself a Christmas project. Irked by shortcomings in other programming languages, he wanted to build his own. His principles were simple. First, it should be easy to read. Rather than sprawling over line-endings and being…

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