James Hamilton's notes from the talk: http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2011/05/23/GuidoVanRossum21...

Correction from the notes and the talk slides, re: PyCon "2012-2013: Toronto; 2014-2015: Bay area"

s/Toronto/Santa Clara

s/Bay area/Montreal

Did some digging couldn't find out if this was taped as well. Any one have a link?

Amazon taped all of our talks, but I don't think they're for external distribution because Amazon engineers were asking questions involving internal information.

Try Floss Weekly #11 for a similar talk:

http://twit.tv/floss11

What does he mean by "Design iterations based on user testing"?

The design was tested on users and changed to fit their needs?

It seems clear to people who know the jargon :)

By whose measure is it the "programming language of the year?"

"Python has twice been awarded as TIOBE Programming Language of the Year (2007, 2010), which is given to the language with the greatest growth in popularity over the course of the year (as measured by the TIOBE index)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)

Mine. :) But more seriously, if it's not by yours, then does it matter?