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If Guido van Rossum wanted to work on python full time, I am sure that there would be companies like Red Hat that would be very happy to pay him to do exactly t

• lmkg 14y ago
  I think it's a good thing for Python that Guido doesn't work on it full-time, and instead keeps his hands dirty with other projects. It allows him better exposure to the experience and perspective of regular Python users, and the sorts of problems that they use Python to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
  • slurgfest 14y ago
    The App Engine team at Google isn't really "regular Python users".
    • dangayle 14y ago
      No, but the thousands of people who use it and come up with problems are.
      • slurgfest 14y ago
        That has nothing to do with it. GP said that it's good for Python that Guido doesn't work on it full-time, and instead keeps his hands dirty with other projects. But this experience of Guido's doesn't really expose him to 'thousands of people' any more than looking at the Python issue tracker would.
• jaimebuelta 14y ago
  Maybe GvR is not interested in working only on Python language design, and wants to see other kind of projects. I mean, I am sure he has reached the point that he can pretty much decided what to do, so if he hasn't go to be a "full time language designer" is probably because he don't want to, not he doesn't have the opportunity.