The other week I've learned a bit of Python history I didn't know about. After listening to Steve Pemberton's talk ([1]), guys in the audience with ties to CWI

The other week I've learned a bit of Python history I didn't know about. After listening to Steve Pemberton's talk ([1]), guys in the audience with ties to CWI (Amsterdam uni) pointed out to me that the language he and his team were developing at CWI was the precursor of what came to be Python. Specifically, they did usability studies with non-developers (but still engineers) to come up with ABC/Python's syntax (see the linked talk). So I guess that's something to keep in mind when comparing Python to functional programming languages/idioms. Another language coming out of this line of thinking and generation of programming languages, for me, is AppleTalk (or was it AppleScript?), so it could've become much worse I guess. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpqh98e9RgUcEmbXmI6RolisQaIRw9dm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpqh98e9RgUcEmbXmI6R... Edit: obligatory "what were they smoking" responses aside, anybody to chime in and complete/correct these early Python tidbits?