NIST Gaithersburg
Main campus of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology at Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python: The Documentary | An origin story | CultRepo (formerly Honeypot) | turning point |
Python: The Documentary | An origin story — CultRepo (formerly Honeypot)
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November 1994, Gaithersburg, Maryland, in this windowless government office building at NIST.
- Role: turning point
- In the video: The first Python workshop, about two days with some 20 people, was held in a windowless NIST office building. Speakers in the film call it the beginning of the Python community, and it led to Guido van Rossum’s move to CNRI in the US.
- Why it matters: Marks the shift from a one-person project to a community.