Academic citation of Python

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Sun Jun 17 20:19:35 EDT 2012


Curt <curty at free.fr> writes:

> On 2012-06-16, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> >
> > Actually it's "van Rossum, Guido", not "Rossum, Guido van". The
> > "van" is part of the family name, not a middle name. It's like "da
> > Vinci, Leonardo" or "von Sydow, Max". On one occasion Guido
> > complained that Americans always get his name wrong.
>
> I've read that now he prefers Guido V. Rossum, Jr.

Citation needed.

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