birth: January 31, 1956.
College: University of Amsterdam.
Jobs: Worked at Centrum Wiskunde & Information (CWI) and Google.
Rossum is famously known for the creation of Python, a programming language. Guido joined the Centrum Wiskunde & Information (CWI) where he worked on ABC programming language. He was later employed by Google, where he spent his free time creating Python. Guido wanted to make a program that was easy to read and use that was versatile. He used his knowledge from ABC and used it to improve Python. This programing language had allowed people to create websites, software, task automation, data analysis, and data visualization. This impacted computer science in tremendous ways. His contributions had shaped web as we know it today
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