Wow... If true, this could be quite significant.


Gravatar I a little suprised that you are confused by this. It sounds like an example of exelent reporting to me.


Gravatar But where did they get this info? You'd think it would be available elsewhere first, and appear on a site like this (that isn't very interested in Python) much later. And it's not like they had an interview with Guido or anything. So I'm still wondering if it's true.


When you find out, please post a follow-up now that you've piqued our curiosity.


Gravatar unlikely, as Google isn't in the EU project consortium.


Gravatar Guido has already reacted to this, it seems, claiming that "Dit is grotendeels onzin" (this is nonsense for the better part):

Reacties op: Google huurt Python-schepper in voor PyPy
Door Guido van Rossum op 29 december 2005 - 20:35
Dit is grotendeels onzin -- ik werk inderdaad voor Google maar heb niets met PyPy van doen en Google ook niet. Verder wordt PyPy niet "in opdracht van de EU" ontwikkeld doch met EU subsidie. Zie http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/p...y/doc/ news.html voor meer info over PyPy.


Translated from Dutch it reads: """Most of this [article] is bullshit. I do indeed work for Google, but I nor Google has anything to do with PyPy. Moreover PyPy is not developed 'by order of the European Union'. Check out [url] for more info on PyPy."""