Petite histoire de Python

No computing language can ever be truly general purpose. Specialisation will necessarily remain important. It is nevertheless true that, in that long-past Yuletide, Mr Van Rossum started something memorable. He isn’t the Messiah, but he was a very clever boy.
The Economist, Python has brought computer programming to a vast new audience

Python, le langage informatique, a un succès relativement important notamment en raison de sa simplicité, et son histoire mérite d’être connue.