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Python was not originally a teaching language. Yes, van Rossum was an implementer of ABC, which was a teaching language. Python drew on that experience, but al
by eesmith 3y ago
Python was not originally a teaching language.
Yes, van Rossum was an implementer of ABC, which was a teaching language. Python drew on that experience, but also from Modula-2 and Modula-3, and the needs for writing an extension language for the Amoeba operating system.
From the initial release notes at https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/alt.sources/1991-February/001749.html https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/alt.sources/1991-February/001749... :
[Python is] an extensible interpreted programming language that
combines remarkable power with very clear syntax.
This is version 0.9 (the first beta release), patchlevel 1.
Python can be used instead of shell, Awk or Perl scripts, to write
prototypes of real applications, or as an extension language of large
systems, you name it.
No mention of it being a teaching language.