Python

About

This is the story of the world's most beloved programming language: Python. What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software powering artificial intelligence, data science and some of the world's biggest companies. But Python's future wasn't certain; at one point it almost disappeared.

This 90-minute documentary features Guido van Rossum, Travis Oliphant, Barry Warsaw, and many more, and they tell the story of Python's rise, its community-driven evolution, the conflicts that almost tore it

The People

Featuring

Armin Ronacher
Armin RonacherCreator of Flask
Barry Warsaw
Barry WarsawPython Core Developer
Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin PetersonPython Core Developer
Brett Cannon
Brett CannonPython Core Developer
Drew Houston
Drew HoustonCo-founder and CEO, Dropbox
Guido van Rossum
Guido van RossumCreator of Python
Jessica McKellar
Jessica McKellarDirector, Python Software Foundation
Ken Manheimer
Ken ManheimerEarly Python contributor
Lambert Meertens
Lambert MeertensCo-creator of ABC
Lisa Guo
Lisa GuoSoftware Engineer, Instagram
Lisa Roach
Lisa RoachSoftware Engineer, Meta
Mariatta Wijaya
Mariatta WijayaPython Core Developer
Paul Everitt
Paul Everittearly Python community leader
Patrice Lyons
Patrice LyonsInternet law attorney, CNRI
Peter Wang
Peter WangCo-founder of Anaconda
Robin Friedrich
Robin FriedrichEarly Python contributor
Robert Kahn
Robert KahnCo-inventor of TCP/IP; founder and CEO of CNRI
Sjoerd Mullender
Sjoerd MullenderOne of the earliest Python contributors, CWI
Steven Pemberton
Steven PembertonCo-designer of ABC
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'ReillyFounder, O'Reilly Media
Ton Roosendaal
Ton RoosendaalCreator of Blender
Travis Oliphant
Travis OliphantCreator of NumPy and SciPy; co-founder of Anaconda

Crew

Ida Bechtle
DirectorIda Bechtle

Sponsors

Anaconda
Dropbox
Meta
OpenTeams
PyCharm (JetBrains)
Quansight

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Technologies

Python
CPython
PyPI
Machine Learning

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