[Python-Dev] Tim Berners-Lee likes Python

Tim Peters tim.one@home.com
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:27:43 -0500


[Guido]
> I was tickled when I found a quote from Tim Berners-Lee about Python
> here: http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/#L88
>
> Most quotable part: "Python is a language you can get into on one
> battery!"

Most baffling part:  "One day, 15 minutes before I had to leave for the
airport, I got my laptop back out of my bag, and sucked off the web the
python 1.6 system ...".  What about python.org steered people toward 1.6?  Of
course, Tim *is* a Tim, and they're not always rational ...