Google hires Python creator Guido van Rossum

O'Reilly's Jeremy Jones is reporting that Guido van Rossum, creator and lead developer of the Python programming language, is now working for Google. Googler Alex Martelli confirms it in this thread on comp.lang.python, saying "I don't think there was any official announcement, but it's true—he sits about 15 meters away from me." Python is used in many of Google's projects, but It's unknown what van Rossum's role at Google will be, nor what Google's role in the development of Python will be.

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