3 ms·

No, I've been programming for more than 20 years and Python was definitely not popular back then. I remember early Google even bragged that they'd rather hire a

No, I've been programming for more than 20 years and Python was definitely not popular back then. I remember early Google even bragged that they'd rather hire a Python developer than Java/C++ one, because there were no python courses so the candidate learned it by their own.

pjmlp 3y ago
Wrong developer circles, then. What can I say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope - 1999 Dr Dobbs' Python Weekly URL, since 2000 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award in 1999 "Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language, and Donald Becker, chief investigator of the Beowulf Project, which achieved supercomputer performance using networks of inexpensive Linux-based PCs. "As creator of the Python programming language," Dr. Dobb's noted, "Guido van Rossum has given software developers a tool that addresses many of the shortcomings of more well-known and mainstream languages...Python makes it extremely easy to build complex data structures out of objects, lists, dictionaries, and the like. It is particularly useful for system administration, building GUIs, scripting, database programming, and rapid prototyping." Erickson detailed Donald Becker's contributions to the programming world by describing the problem Becker set out to solve: "One of the challenges in the realm of scientific computing is to efficiently and affordably handle large data sets," Erickson wrote. "To tackle the problem, Donald Becker and Thomas Sterling launched the Beowulf Project, a cluster computer consisting of high-performance PCs built from off-the-shelf components, connected via Ethernet, and running under Linux. Ultimately, the goal of the Beowulf approach was to achieve supercomputer (gigaflop) performance at PC prices." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dobb%27s_Excellence_in_Programming_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dobb%27s_Excellence_in_Pro...
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  If something didn't seem popular because you have to be in the right circles to realise it's popularity, then maybe it wasn't that popular.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Yeah, because Dr. Dobbs used to give excellent awards to obscure technologies.

pjmlp 3y ago

Wrong developer circles, then. What can I say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope - 1999 Dr Dobbs' Python Weekly URL, since 2000 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award in 1999 "Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language, and Donald Becker, chief investigator of the Beowulf Project, which achieved supercomputer performance using networks of inexpensive Linux-based PCs. "As creator of the Python programming language," Dr. Dobb's noted, "Guido van Rossum has given software developers a tool that addresses many of the shortcomings of more well-known and mainstream languages...Python makes it extremely easy to build complex data structures out of objects, lists, dictionaries, and the like. It is particularly useful for system administration, building GUIs, scripting, database programming, and rapid prototyping." Erickson detailed Donald Becker's contributions to the programming world by describing the problem Becker set out to solve: "One of the challenges in the realm of scientific computing is to efficiently and affordably handle large data sets," Erickson wrote. "To tackle the problem, Donald Becker and Thomas Sterling launched the Beowulf Project, a cluster computer consisting of high-performance PCs built from off-the-shelf components, connected via Ethernet, and running under Linux. Ultimately, the goal of the Beowulf approach was to achieve supercomputer (gigaflop) performance at PC prices." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dobb%27s_Excellence_in_Programming_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dobb%27s_Excellence_in_Pro...

robertlagrant 3y ago
If something didn't seem popular because you have to be in the right circles to realise it's popularity, then maybe it wasn't that popular.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Yeah, because Dr. Dobbs used to give excellent awards to obscure technologies.