Thank You, Guido
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Thank You, Guido
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#2"“When asked, I would give people my opinion that maintainable code is more important than clever code,” he said. “If I encountered clever code that was particularly cryptic, and I had to do some maintenance on it, I would probably rewrite it. So I led by example, and also by talking to other people.”"
This is very sage advice.
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#3Time to Go.
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#4To be honest, it is a sad moment, but it was expected. When Guido resigned from BDFL, I knew that it was the beginning of the end.
And lets be honest, he's earned it.
Thank you Guido, after learning Python, I never looked back, and it has been the source of great joy for me over the last decade.
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#5This is a cool read (and a shared sentiment!), I've always wondered what industry luminaries do day-to-day, and hasn't it been quite the draw for Dropbox from a recruiting perspective, to say, "Oh, and Guido might want to ask you some questions about your code."
I wonder what "retirement" means for Guido. The Python/software community could never hear from him again and he'd completely deserve the rest (and we the community would be immensely grateful for the work already poured in), but I get the sense that won't be the case. :D
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#6Thank you for creating an awesome lingua franca for a generation of programmers, engineers, and scientists Guido! You'll never be forgotten. Love!
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#7Time to Go.
Rust In Peace
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#8Language, its community and development model is a reflection of its creator and his philosophy. So Without meeting the creator Guido, through language and its community I can see is very humble and care about things besides solving computer science problems.
May be this is one of the reasons of success of Python and its community which is open, humble, friendly and inclusive.
In my startup we have been using Python as one of the primary development language, and thanks to its community and Guido, we will continue to do so in time to come.
I recently watched a talk by creator of Elm language [1] [2] who is trying to create similar community like Python, I will try it besides lisp, since I like the ethos of Python like community and obviously PEP-20 [3].
From my whole team thanks to Guido, and Python community.
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#9Thank you, Guido! I've learned Python and since loved Computer Science.
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#10"I think at his core, Guido is a person who is trying to help make the world better in his own way. I think that was his philosophy when he started programming in Python and mentoring women is just another way that he contributes."
-- Sushma Yadlapalli about Guido van Rossum