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Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341

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Python, Ruby & scripting languagesTech pioneers & interviewsProgramming language design

What it is

A roughly three-hour Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python. Topics include Python's design, the GIL, asyncio, the future of programming and AI coding tools.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it for Guido's own views on the GIL, Python internals and using Copilot, especially in Python-related threads.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend this interview to get a slightly better glimpse of the guy”

    Interview giving a better sense of Guido's views.

    pen2l, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “Python 3.11 Delivers”

  2. “i would also recommend another two of his interviews”

    Lex Fridman interview with Guido van Rossum.

    fernandotakai, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Commander Keen's Adaptive Tile Scrolling”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: guido van rossum, python, gil, copilot, language creators

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