PYTHON

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A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE PYTHON

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Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum 

(CWI, see https://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands

as a successor of a language called ABC.  

Guido remains Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.


In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for

National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see https://www.cnri.reston.va.us)

in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the software.


In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to

BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team.  

In October of the same year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations,  which became Zope Corporation. 

 In 2001, the Python Software Foundation (PSF, see https://www.python.org/psf/) 

was formed, a non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related Intellectual Property.

Zope Corporation was a sponsoring member of the PSF.