On 2019-01-02 19:41, Schachner, Joseph wrote:
Python was started in the late 1980s by Guido Van Rossum, who (until quite
recently) was the Benevolent Dictator for Life of Python. His recent strong
support of Type Annotation was what got it passed - and having to fight for it
was what convinced him retire from the role of BDFL. Anyway, at the time, he
picked the name because he liked Monty Python's Flying Circus. At least, so I
have read.
[snip]
It was the resistance to assignment expressions, even after his
pronouncement on the matter, that lead him to retire.
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