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		danso on Dec 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Python to Ruby: Taking a Step Backward I actually remarked on this on a thread this week: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4888768 I said it was funny that Matz was the only modern language creator not listed in the BDFL Wikipedia entry...but someone went in and changed that shortly after... Matz is involved with design decisions but is maybe less demanding, given the number of implementations that compete with MRI?

RaSoJo on Dec 9, 2012 [–]

Interesting. Given a community, how does the naming of a BDFL come about?

If the original author, say Mr. Hansson, is not interested in taking this task upon himself, can the community elect another individual...especially if some aspect of order needs to be brought about?

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