Someone in HackerNews shared the Guido's Python 1.0.0 announcement from 27 Jan 1994. That is, on this day, 20 years ago.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!original/comp.lang.misc/_QUzdEGFwCo/KIFdu0-Dv7sJ It is very entertaining to read. * Guido was the release manager, which is now taken up by other core-dev volunteers. * Announcement highlighted *readable* syntax. * The announcement takes a dig at Perl and Bash. While Bourne shell is still very relevant and might continue for a long time, we recognize the difference is use cases for Bash and Python. * Documentation was LaTeX and PostScript. * Error-free builds on SGI IRIX 4 and 5, Sun SunOS 4 and Solaris 2, HP-UX, DEC Ultrix and OSF/1, IBM AIX, and SCO ODT 3.0. :-) We no longer have them. * You used WWW viewer to view the documentation and got the files via FTP. Fun times! Cheers to Guido and everyone contributing to Python. Thanks, Senthil
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