I Emailed Python’s Creator in 2007. The Language Now Runs the World.

In August 2007, a few weeks after launching this site, I did something that still surprises me when I think about it: I emailed Guido van Rossum — the creator of Python and the language’s self-titled “Benevolent Dictator For Life” — to ask for advice on starting a Python User Group in the Philippines. To my genuine shock, he replied. Quickly. With actual instructions on how to get it started. That…