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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by masklinn on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:51AM (#34244156)
Note that the Python core team started working with the scientific community very early on, the first scientific packages (as well as additions to python for scicom like extended slices) date back to the mid 90s.

GvR’s background probably helped spread the word and thus get feedback, but as often Python’s overnight success was the result of years of work.

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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:54AM (#34245498)
The Python core team early on was part of the scientific community. GvR worked at CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica), which was a part of the particle accelerator installation that Amsterdam had once upon a time until most such research went to Switzerland and the USA. CWI has, together with NikHef (the Dutch Nuclear Phyiscs Institute) done a lot of ground breaking research over the years and was the cradle of quite a few spin-off projects.
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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by bhaak on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:22AM (#34245770)
Oh, I didn't realized until now that Guido worked there.

So we got at least two major contributions from the CWI. One is Python and the other one is the game of Hack. :)

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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:06AM (#34246316)
There are many more:

The father of A*:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm

ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68

First node on the Internet outside of the USA

Python

Various contributions to the improvement of encryption.

CWI has a long, long history of quietly contributing to all kinds of stuff the world over and has a pretty good reputation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60

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