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Python 1994 what the hell were we thinking?

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It's Nov 1994

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Scientologist

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and....the Python Community Started

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Format: Conversation

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About Me • Developer Advocate for PyCharm • Bootstrapper, Python Software Foundation • Bootstrapper, Plone Foundation • Co-founder, Zope

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Pre-1994

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Scripting languages

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How I Got There

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Guido's Story

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Python had a "mailing list"

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Michael and Guido organized a workshop

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What was it like?

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The next year

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CNRI and Grail

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Questions & Answers

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Was Python's culture set in 1994?

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Why did Python succeed and its competitors fail?