In 1996 we were using Python 1.4 to build Rocketmail, which later became YahooMail. As a sysadmin I came from a Perl background but was not a fan of Perl 5, so

In 1996 we were using Python 1.4 to build Rocketmail, which later became YahooMail. As a sysadmin I came from a Perl background but was not a fan of Perl 5, so in addition to doing sysadmin stuff I started playing around with Python. It turned out to be a smart/lucky choice for me and Python has ended up being the language that I have use for the vast majority of my coding over the following decades.