(Milner was in 1978). Really, the history of programming languages in the 80s through the 10s is basically people realizing that things done in the 50s through the 70s were actually quite practical.

Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

Van Rossum, who created Python in 1989 and became its Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL), is widely respected as one of open-source's greatest programmers. Python is one of the world's most ...

Not since 2001, the year the TIOBE Index started, has a programming language held such a large percentage of community interest as Python does in 2025. Python is not the language with the highest ...