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    Python: The Documentary – An origin story [video]

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    180 points CharlesW | 22 comments | 28 Aug 25 19:58 UTC | HN request time: 1.476s | source | bottom
    1. toomuchtodo ◴[28 Aug 25 20:34 UTC] No.45056741[source]▶
    Related:

    Guido van Rossum revisits Python's life in a new documentary - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45055272 - August 2025

    2. gabrielsroka ◴[29 Aug 25 02:16 UTC] No.45059308[source]▶
    I love Python. I love documentaries. I love computing history. I did not love this.
    replies(2): >>45095618 #>>45098230 #
    3. HuwFulcher ◴[01 Sep 25 19:06 UTC] No.45095618[source]▶
    Care to elaborate why?
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    4. linsomniac ◴[01 Sep 25 19:31 UTC] No.45095841[source]▶
    Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45058171
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    5. blu3h4t ◴[01 Sep 25 19:45 UTC] No.45095970{3}[source]▶
    I love that channel and many documentaries on that channel, But when I translated this python video with yandex and reuoded it I called it python drama and Perl advertisement.
    replies(2): >>45097693 #>>45099715 #
    6. webdevver ◴[01 Sep 25 23:36 UTC] No.45097580[source]▶
    haven't watched it yet - how does this stack up against the react documentary?
    replies(4): >>45101412 #>>45103075 #>>45103163 #>>45104476 #
    7. hnlurker22 ◴[01 Sep 25 23:57 UTC] No.45097693{4}[source]▶
    Ofcourse there's drama. It's a documentary about real humans, not a lecture. What did you expect it to be, details on the interpreter implementation?
    8. jp0d ◴[02 Sep 25 01:00 UTC] No.45098041[source]▶
    Thanks for sharing this.
    9. keb_ ◴[02 Sep 25 01:36 UTC] No.45098230[source]▶
    Yeah, there's something about Honeypot (or I guess CultRepo now) documentaries that rub me the wrong way. Sometimes it feels like an over-glorification of the subject matter, sometimes it's the slick editing and music choices that remind me of corny biopic films. I get that it's trying to be engaging to not just technical people though.
    10. HuwFulcher ◴[02 Sep 25 06:23 UTC] No.45099715{4}[source]▶
    Fail to see how it was a Perl advert
    11. ubercore ◴[02 Sep 25 08:56 UTC] No.45100588[source]▶
    Saw a preview of this at EuroPython. Best part was Guido's pragmatism on making Python more inclusive. Paraphrasing a bit from memory "It's a hard problem, but problems have solutions."
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    12. rbanffy ◴[02 Sep 25 10:23 UTC] No.45101138[source]▶
    I really enjoyed seeing Guido traveling through time while answering a single question.
    13. fnord123 ◴[02 Sep 25 11:05 UTC] No.45101412[source]▶
    It's not as good as the Java Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqAXuLZlaE
    replies(2): >>45101499 #>>45137271 #
    14. mgd ◴[02 Sep 25 11:15 UTC] No.45101499{3}[source]▶
    Amazing. Almost as good as the Java rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Cr0EWwaTk
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    15. incone123 ◴[02 Sep 25 12:46 UTC] No.45102409{4}[source]▶
    I prefer metal Java https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yup8gIXxWDU
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    16. ◴[02 Sep 25 13:47 UTC] No.45103075[source]▶
    17. kh_hk ◴[02 Sep 25 13:55 UTC] No.45103163[source]▶
    Nothing compares to Erlang: the movie

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIjfIjssLE

    18. gabrielsroka ◴[02 Sep 25 14:13 UTC] No.45103381[source]▶
    Weird. I made my comment here 4 days ago, but it says 19 hours ago. Maybe it's the second chance pool.

    So I think the other one is a dupe of this one. Look at the ID numbers.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gabrielsroka

    19. mdaniel ◴[02 Sep 25 15:36 UTC] No.45104476[source]▶
    we need a whole submission dedicated to these, as this thread is just stellar
    20. mgd ◴[03 Sep 25 09:46 UTC] No.45113934{5}[source]▶
    Glorious. The loading time for Eclipse was perfection
    21. ◴[05 Sep 25 11:13 UTC] No.45137271{3}[source]▶