Security News > 2021 > February > Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old this week: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time

"I do believe that Python just doesn't have the right priorities these days," said Armin Ronacher, director of engineering at software monitoring biz Sentry and creator of Flask, the popular Python web app framework, in an email interview with The Register.

The shortcomings of Python's software packaging tools - the software used to set up Python environments and to download, install, and manage libraries - have been an issue for years.

Python is currently managed by the Python Steering Council, which consists of five people who serve for the duration of a feature release, the most recent of which was Python 3.9.0 last October.

These five oversee technical changes to Python and manage the community governance process - a process based on Python Enhancement Proposals.

Its aim is to "Promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers."

Asked what has made Python so successful, Jodlowska cited the importance of the Python community and the role its Code of Conduct plays as a support structure.

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