#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming

Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python programming language.
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:26)
- CPython (12:38) - Code readability (17:00) - Indentation (33:36)
- Bugs (45:04) - Programming fads (1:00:15) - Speed of Python 3.11
(1:25:09) - Type hinting (1:30:27) - mypy (1:35:43) - TypeScript vs
JavaScript (1:51:42) - Best IDE for Python (2:01:43) - Parallelism
(2:19:36) - Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) (2:29:14) - Python 4.0
(2:41:31) - Machine learning (2:51:13) - Benevolent Dictator for
Life (BDFL) (3:02:49) - Advice for beginners (3:09:21) - GitHub
Copilot (3:12:47) - Future of Python