Jerry Pournelle, Byte, Python, and Python in a Nutshell

[Michael Hudson]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:

> Nick Vargish wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure this is a good thing. Byte lost all relevance about ten
> > years ago, though the decline had started before that.
> 
> Well, then, that's just about right, isn't it?  Python was first started
> a little over a decade ago, and Pournelle has just picked up on it now
> ... :-)

FWIW, I first encountered Python in an article in Byte in '97,
probably this one:

http://www.byte.com/art/9702/sec5/art4.htm

Cheers,
M.

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