Google and Python

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"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolved. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skils in this language"-- Peter Norvig, Director of Search Quality at Google

 
My view of Python in the workplace    Python at eShop        1995 "What in the world is Python?"        1996 "This is great stuff."        (MS acquired eShop in '96)            Python at Microsoft        1996: "It's called what?"        1997: "You actually shipped Python code?" (MerchantServer 1.0)        1998: "Nice prototype. We'll rewrite it in the next version." And they            did, in C++.