Guido van Rossum

Guido van Rossum
Guido van Rossum at the Dropbox headquarters in 2014
Born (1956-01-31) 31 January 1956 (age 68)[1]
Haarlem, Netherlands[2][3]
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Occupation(s)Computer programmer, author
Known forCreating the Python programming language
Spouse
Kim Knapp
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(m. 2000)​
Children1[4]
AwardsAward for the Advancement of Free Software (2001)
Websitegvanrossum.github.io

Guido van Rossum (Dutch: [ˈɣido vɑn ˈrɔsʏm, -səm]; born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch programmer. He is best known for making the Python programming language.

References

  1. ↑ van Rossum, Guido (31 January 2007). "(Python-Dev) Happy Birthday, Guido!". Python-Dev mailing list. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Old interview – Guido van Rossum". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014. I only took some time to visit my family in Haarlem.
  3. ↑ "Schoolbank profile". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Guido van Rossum". CodeCall Programming Wiki. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008.