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The creator of Python

Call To Learning — Sep 2022

Van Rossum is a Dutch programmer and the author of the programming language Python.

Python was first released in 1991 and is now one of the world's most popular coding languages. Van Rossum was the language’s Benevolent Dictator for Life until 2018, and now sits on the Python Steering Council. He has also developed software for Google, and currently works at Dropbox.