Which came first, Google or Python?
Python came first, by 7 years. Guido van Rossum released version 0.9.0 publicly.
Side by side
| Python | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1998 | 1991 |
| Date | 1998-09-04 | 1991-02-20 |
| Category | technology | technology |
| What happened | Google Inc. was incorporated in a garage in Menlo Park. | Guido van Rossum released version 0.9.0 publicly. |
The date used here is the incorporation, 4 September 1998. Two others compete: the research project called BackRub began at Stanford in 1996, and the google.com domain was registered on 15 September 1997. Google itself has celebrated its birthday on four different September dates over the years, which is a fair indication that no single one is correct. It is younger than Amazon, eBay and Netflix.
Python
Python was started as a hobby project over Christmas 1989 and first released publicly in February 1991 — four years before Java, JavaScript, PHP and Ruby, all of which arrived in 1995. Most people assume it is much newer because its popularity arrived twenty years after it did. It is named after Monty Python, not the snake.
Common questions
- Which came first, Google or Python?
- Python, by 7 years — 1991 against 1998.
- When did Google start?
- 1998. Google Inc. was incorporated in a garage in Menlo Park.
- When did Python start?
- 1991. Guido van Rossum released version 0.9.0 publicly.
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Sources
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)