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Guido van Rossum
Dutch: [ˈxidoː vɑn ˈrɔsʏm]
Also Known As BDFL (Benevolent Dictator for Life), Python's founding leadership title, held until 12 July 2018
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Guido van Rossum is a Dutch programmer who created the Python programming language, first released in 1991 while he was working at Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica in the Netherlands, designing it to favor readable, clearly laid out code. He led Python's development for nearly three decades, holding the informal title Benevolent Dictator For Life until he stepped back from that role in 2018, and the language has since become one of the most widely used in the world, especially in data science and machine learning.
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica: Computer Science
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He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the 'benevolent dictator for life' (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018.
2. Wikipedia: Guido van Rossum
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(1956-01-31) 31 January 1956 (age 70), The Hague, Netherlands
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[ˈxidoː vɑn ˈrɔsʏm]
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He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the 'benevolent dictator for life' (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018.
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