Awesome! I hadn't heard of ABC - I knew Modula-3 was also an influence, but per Wikipedia van Rossum actually worked on ABC himself directly prior to starting Python.
Ohh I haven't heard of Modula-3! nd yes, he did work on ABC :)
Here's the video from the interview if you're interested! He talks about how he came up with the idea of Python as a scripting language. He's quirky and is so cool!
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Awesome! I hadn't heard of ABC - I knew Modula-3 was also an influence, but per Wikipedia van Rossum actually worked on ABC himself directly prior to starting Python.
Great trivia, thanks!
Ohh I haven't heard of Modula-3! nd yes, he did work on ABC :)
Here's the video from the interview if you're interested! He talks about how he came up with the idea of Python as a scripting language. He's quirky and is so cool!