Guido van Rossum famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's easy to make mistakes that only come out much later, after you've already implemented a lot of code. You'll realize Oh I should have used a different type of data structure. Start over from scratch.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Mistake #Data #Starting Over
Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Python #Details #Java
In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar to what you find, for example, in Java and, in general, in systems programming languages.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Python #Focus #Example
My own perception of that is somewhat colored by where people ask my advice, which is still, of course, about changes to Python internals or at least standard libraries.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Python #People #Advice
If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Python #Views #Talking
I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Decision #Special #Needs
If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Design #Pitfalls #Language
Modern programs must handle Unicode â€”Python has excellent support for Unicode, and will keep getting better.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Python #Support #Get Better
Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Independent #Python #Java
I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Tools #Levels #Way
Don't you hate code that's not properly indented? Making it [indenting] part of the syntax guarantees that all code is properly indented.
-- Guido van Rossum

#Hate #Learning #Syntax

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