Glyph Lefkowitz is an American open-source software

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and creator of the Twisted network programming framework for

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. His work on

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techniques influenced the core Python language, as well as the JavaScript Promises ecosystem, through

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and

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. He is a frequent speaker at developer conferences and was elected a fellow of the

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(PSF) in 2009. Between 2009 and 2013, he was one of the primary contributors of

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(CCS) software. In 2017, the PSF awarded Lefkowitz their Community Service Award for his influence on the direction of the Python language and community, including his role in pioneering asynchronous programming models.

References

External links

Deciphering Glyph
- Lefkowitz's blog
Twisted Matrix Labs
- Home of the Twisted project
Binpress Interview (2014)
- Audio interview covering biographical and professional history (with transcript) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefkowitz, Glyph Web developers Living people American computer programmers Python (programming language) people Free software programmers Year of birth missing (living people)