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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by nopacience on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:48PM (#17518460)
Guido van Rossum, "the creator of python", created the following page to show he has aged over the years:

https://gvanrossum.github.io/pics.html

I prefer perl, but thanks for python!

Diversity is good always :)

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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by nopacience on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:53PM (#17518502)
As a big influencer, Guido, "the creator of python", even inspired austin powers character

Guido (1995) https://gvanrossum.github.io/images/[email protected]

Austin Powers (1997) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWY1ZTdlZTEtYWRjOS00...

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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by webmaven on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:50AM (#17534104)
The real comparison should be with Rick Moranis: https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/rick-...
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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by nas on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:30PM (#17519463)
Guido's glasses are much cooler, IMHO.
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