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28th August 2025 - Link Blog

Python: The Documentary. New documentary about the origins of the Python programming language - 84 minutes long, built around extensive interviews with Guido van Rossum and others who were there at the start and during the subsequent journey.

Posted 28th August 2025 at 7:49 pm

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