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peteforde on Aug 29, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why did Python win?

Wikipedia suggests that Python debuted in 1991, with Ruby following in 1995.

kazinator on Aug 29, 2023 [–]

I haven't checked, but I seem to recall that Python started out as a successor to the ABC language in around 1988 or 1989 or so. The initial release may have been in 1991?

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