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wilfra on Dec 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dropbox Hires Guido Van Rossum

Probably very similar to why Universities want Nobel Laureates on the faculty. Sure, they want their brainpower, but it's also huge for prestige and a symbol to the World of what a great University they are.

This will probably help greatly with recruiting. What Python engineer wouldn't want to work with him?

jonknee on Dec 7, 2012 [–]

> This will probably help greatly with recruiting. What Python engineer wouldn't want to work with him?

Bingo. And it will make water cooler talk about the GIL a lot more interesting.

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