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  2. History of Python - Wikipedia

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    Van Rossum is Python's principal author, and his continuing central role in deciding the direction of Python is reflected in the title given to him by the Python community, Benevolent Dictator for Life. [4] [5] (However, Van Rossum stepped down as leader on July 12, 2018. [6]). Python was named after the BBC TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus.

  3. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Python's name is derived from the British comedy group Monty Python, whom Python creator Guido van Rossum enjoyed while developing the language. Monty Python references appear frequently in Python code and culture; [190] for example, the metasyntactic variables often used in Python literature are spam and eggs instead of the traditional foo and ...

  4. Guido van Rossum - Wikipedia

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    From 2005 to December 2012, Van Rossum worked at Google, where he spent half of his time developing the Python language. At Google, he developed Mondrian, a web-based code review system written in Python and used within the company. He named the software after the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. [20]

  5. IDLE - Wikipedia

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    Author Guido van Rossum says IDLE stands for "Integrated Development and Learning Environment", [6] and since Van Rossum named the language Python after the British comedy group Monty Python, the name IDLE was probably also chosen partly to honor Eric Idle, one of Monty Python's founding members. [7] [8]

  6. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The author of ping, Mike Muuss, named it after the pulses of sound made by a sonar called a "ping". Later Dave Mills provided the backronym "Packet Internet Groper". Python – an interpreted scripting programming language. Named after the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. [35]

  7. Monty Python - Wikipedia

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    The Python programming language by Guido van Rossum is named after the troupe, and Monty Python references are often found in sample code created for that language. The default integrated development environment of the programming language is named IDLE, an alternative one is named eric, both in honour of Eric Idle.

  8. Timeline of programming languages - Wikipedia

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    none (unique language) 1951 Intermediate Programming Language Arthur Burks: Short Code 1951 Boehm unnamed coding system Corrado Böhm: CPC Coding scheme 1951 Klammerausdrücke Konrad Zuse: Plankalkül 1951 Stanislaus (Notation) Fritz Bauer: none (unique language) 1951 Sort Merge Generator: Betty Holberton: none (unique language) 1952

  9. List of computing mascots - Wikipedia

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    It represents Dart as a fast language. [19] DotNet Bot [b].NET free and open source software framework: A purple robot, waving [20] Duke: Java, a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment: A stylized, unspecified creature [21] [1] D-Man: D, is a multi-paradigm system programming language.