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by pjmlp 1653 days ago
People keep telling this about Python, always ignoring who was paying Guido's salary.
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> People keep telling this about Python, always ignoring who was paying Guido's salary.

Well, reveal the spoilers and don't keep us all in suspense :-)

Who was paying GvR a salary[1] when Python took off circa 2001/2002?

[1] I don't think paying a single person a salary is the same as the millions of dollars poured into marketing and development as done with all the other popular languages.

Zope was, which was one of the best ways to do CMS back in those days.