At an age when most top programmers are enjoying their retirement, 64-year old Guido van Rossum decided "retirement was boring" and came back to work for -- drumroll please -- Microsoft. Van Rossum is ...

Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft’s Developer Division. Van Rossum, who was last employed by Dropbox, retired ...

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Python's most revered creator known as Guido Van Rossum has recently announced that he will come out of retirement to join Microsoft as part of the company's very own Developer Division. When did ...

This computer programming pioneer created the Python programming language, contributed a glob() routine to BSD Unix and aided in developing the ABC programming language. Born on January 31, 1956 in ...

Python creator Guido van Rossum has written a blog entry that describes the current development status of Python 3.0 (codenamed Python 3000) and provides insight into the major features and language ...

Guido van Rossum, who created popular programming language Python 30 years ago, has outlined his ambitions to make it twice as fast – addressing a key weakness of Python compared to faster languages ...

Python’s designer explains why he stepped down as “benevolent dictator for life”—and how he’ll stay involved with the language Python inventor Guido van Rossum shocked the Python world on July 12 when ...

The original open source software “Benevolent Dictator For Life” and author of Python, Guido van Rossum, is leaving Google to join Dropbox, the startup will announce later today. Van Rossum was a ...

In a new role at Microsoft’s Developer Division, Guido van Rossum hints at how he and the company will be working to improve Python In a tweet published Thursday at noon, Python programming language ...