the python name

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On 2019-01-02 19:41, Schachner, Joseph wrote:
> Python was started in the late 1980s by Guido Van Rossum, who (until quite recently) was the Benevolent Dictator for Life of Python.  His recent strong support of Type Annotation was what got it passed - and having to fight for it was what convinced him retire from the role of BDFL.  Anyway, at the time, he picked the name because he liked Monty Python's Flying Circus. At least, so I have read.
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It was the resistance to assignment expressions, even after his 
pronouncement on the matter, that lead him to retire.