# Python has brought computer programming to a vast new audience - Programming languages

<https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/07/21/python-has-brought-computer-programming-to-a-vast-new-audience>

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- Saved: July 21, 2018 (2018-07-21T12:57:46Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

[Guido van Rossum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum) stepping down as [BDFL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life) of Python even made it to the Economist! Yay for Python making the pages of the Economist.

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