Guido van Rossum

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computer scientist person programmer software engineer

Guido van Rossum is a Dutch programmer best known as the creator of the Python programming language.

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Benevolent Dictator For Life of Python 1
gvanrossum 1
van Rossum 1

Statements (48)

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person ⓘ
programmer ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
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Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award ⓘ
NLUUG Award ⓘ
boardMemberOf Python Software Foundation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
creatorOf Python ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
dateOfBirth 1956-01-31 ⓘ
designed Python ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
educatedAt University of Amsterdam ⓘ
employer Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ⓘ
Corporation for National Research Initiatives ⓘ
Dropbox ⓘ
Google ⓘ
National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ
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surface form: van Rossum
fieldOfWork computer programming ⓘ
programming language design ⓘ
software development ⓘ
fullName Guido van Rossum self-link ⓘ
githubUsername Guido van Rossum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: gvanrossum
givenName Guido ⓘ
hasChild one son ⓘ
influenced modern scripting languages ⓘ
inspiredBy ABC programming language ⓘ
Modula-3 ⓘ
knownFor Python ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Python Software Foundation ⓘ
nationality Dutch ⓘ
notableIdea Python’s batteries-included philosophy ⓘ
significant whitespace in Python syntax ⓘ
notableWork Python Enhancement Proposals ⓘ
Python reference implementation (CPython) ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
programmer ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haarlem, Netherlands ⓘ
positionHeld Guido van Rossum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Benevolent Dictator For Life of Python
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
Python ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
retiredFromRole Benevolent Dictator For Life of Python in 2018 ⓘ
spouse Kim Knapp ⓘ

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PEP 622 → author → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
PEP 572 → bdfDelegate → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Python → creator → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Python → designedBy → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Guido van Rossum → familyName → Guido van Rossum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: van Rossum
Python Software Foundation → foundedBy → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Guido van Rossum → fullName → Guido van Rossum self-link ⓘ
Guido van Rossum → githubUsername → Guido van Rossum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: gvanrossum
Leo Geurts → hasNotableStudent → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
ABC programming language → influenced → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Lambert Meertens → influenced → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Guido → notableBearer → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
NLUUG Award → notableRecipient → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Lambert Meertens → notableStudent → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
subject surface form: CPython
Guido van Rossum → positionHeld → Guido van Rossum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benevolent Dictator For Life of Python
PEP 572 → sponsor → Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Kim Knapp → spouse → Guido van Rossum ⓘ