Why do people list to this podcast? Sure, they're looking for technical explorations of new libraries and ideas. But often it's to hear the story behind them. If that speaks to you, then I have the perfect episode lined up. I have Barry Warsaw, Paul Everitt, Carol Willing, and Brett Cannon all back on the show to share stories from the history of Python. You'll hear about how import this came to be and how the first PyCon had around 30 attendees (two of whom are guests on this episode!). Sit back and enjoy the humorous stories from Python's past. 
 
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<h2 class="links-heading">Links from the show</h2>
<div>Barry's Zen of Python song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6G6dmVJy74" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a> 
Jake Vanderplas - Keynote - PyCon 2017: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyjCqQEUa8o&ab_channel=PyCon2017" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a> 
Why it’s called “Python” (Monty Python fan-reference): <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/history-of-python/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >geeksforgeeks.org</a> 
import antigravity: <a href="https://python-history.blogspot.com/2010/06/import-antigravity.html?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >python-history.blogspot.com</a> 
NIST Python Workshop Attendees: <a href="https://legacy.python.org/workshops/1994-11/attendees.html?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >legacy.python.org</a> 
Paul Everitt open-sources Zope: <a href="https://old.zope.dev/Members/paul/BusinessDecision/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >old.zope.dev</a> 
Carol Willing wins ACM Software System Award: <a href="https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/willing_1304832?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >awards.acm.org</a> 
Watch this episode on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9WtazSpZQ" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a> 
Episode #513 deep-dive: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/513/stories-from-python-history#takeaways-anchor" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm/513</a> 
Episode transcripts: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/513/stories-from-python-history" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm</a> 
 
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