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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Guido</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gubbish.html" title="gubbish"/><link rel="next" href="guiltware.html" title="guiltware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Guido</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gubbish.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="guiltware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Guido"/><dt xmlns="" id="Guido"><b>Guido</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/gwee´do/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/khwee´do/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Without qualification, Guido van Rossum (author of
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<a href="../P/Python.html"><i class="glossterm">Python</i></a>). Note that Guido answers to English
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<span class="pronunciation">/gwee´do/</span> but in Dutch it's
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<span class="pronunciation">/khwee´do/</span>. Mythically,
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Guido's most important attribute besides Python itself is Guido's time
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machine, a device he is reputed to possess because of the unnerving
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frequency with which user requests for new features have been met with the
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response “<span class="quote">I just implemented that last night...</span>”. See
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