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I think you remembered it wrong. I personally have never heard of such a connection. Python is somewhat notorious for ignoring languages like ML, Lisp/Scheme, a
by bmitc 4y ago
I think you remembered it wrong. I personally have never heard of such a connection. Python is somewhat notorious for ignoring languages like ML, Lisp/Scheme, and Smalltalk dialects.
- thrdbndndn 4y agoThanks, probably just remembered it wrong. Which language influenced Python most, if there is one?
- z3c0 4y agoI have heard that ABC was worked on by Van Rossum, and that it influenced a lot of his design choices in python.
- bitwize 4y agoWhat you may be misremembering is the fact that Smalltalk was a profound influence on Ruby.
- earthicus 4y ago"Python's predecessor, ABC, was inspired by SETL -- Lambert Meertens spent a year with the SETL group at NYU before coming up with the final ABC design!" --Guido van Rossum https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-August/008881.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-August/008...
- mixmastamyk 4y agoAlso heavily influenced by C, its first implementation language. Many modules and interfaces are thin wrappers to C. Think os, socket, select, string method names, etc.