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Guido is a great example of the right leader for a software project. Always kind, knowing how to delegate, knowing which are his limitations and encouraging oth

Guido is a great example of the right leader for a software project. Always kind, knowing how to delegate, knowing which are his limitations and encouraging other people to step up.

n121bz 9y ago
There are many instances on the mailing lists where he is not kind at all.
vanderZwan 9y ago
Somewhat related: the origins of the title Benevolent Dictator-For-Life https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=235725 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=235725 I have to say though, and this probably is me because I'm not that deeply invested into the Python community, but I don't really know anyone else in the Python community who represents the core language. In most other programming language projects of this size there are a multiple people who are public faces of the language itself, beyond the first people who designed it.
- icebraining 9y ago
  I'm not sure I agree; for example, I associate Perl very strongly with Larry Wall, Clojure with Rich Hickey, and Erlang with Joe Armstrong (and nobody else).
  - arkadiytehgraet 9y ago
    This is exactly the parent's point - aside from the language authors, can you come name other contributors of e.g. Clojure or Erlang?
    - icebraining 9y ago
      One of us misread the parent's post, because the fact that I can't name other contributors was my point ;)
      - vanderZwan 9y ago
        I probably should clarify which one of you read my intentions correctly, but at this point I think it's more fun to keep it somewhat ambiguous ;)
    - jballanc 9y ago
      > Clojure Alex Miller and Stuart Halloway immediately jump to mind as lieutenants that could jump in and take over without too much disruption. > Erlang Well, there's also Roberts and Mike (reference, for those not familiar: https://youtu.be/xrIjfIjssLE?t=213 https://youtu.be/xrIjfIjssLE?t=213).
- nerdwaller 9y ago
  The last few years we’ve seen a few others help carry the torch (from active discussion on the python-ideas mailing list, core contributions, and major library compliments driving the ecosystem forward): * David Beasley * Raymond Hettinger * Yuri Selivanov I’m sure there are more but those are the first few that come to mind.
  - leoc 9y ago
    Tim Peters definitely had a high profile back in the day.
- shir0kamii 9y ago
  At least the name of Victor Stinner comes to my mind

Guido is a great example of the right leader for a software project. Always kind, knowing how to delegate, knowing which are his limitations and encouraging other people to step up.

n121bz 9y ago

There are many instances on the mailing lists where he is not kind at all.

vanderZwan 9y ago

Somewhat related: the origins of the title Benevolent Dictator-For-Life https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=235725 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=235725 I have to say though, and this probably is me because I'm not that deeply invested into the Python community, but I don't really know anyone else in the Python community who represents the core language. In most other programming language projects of this size there are a multiple people who are public faces of the language itself, beyond the first people who designed it.

icebraining 9y ago
I'm not sure I agree; for example, I associate Perl very strongly with Larry Wall, Clojure with Rich Hickey, and Erlang with Joe Armstrong (and nobody else).
- arkadiytehgraet 9y ago
  This is exactly the parent's point - aside from the language authors, can you come name other contributors of e.g. Clojure or Erlang?
  - icebraining 9y ago
    One of us misread the parent's post, because the fact that I can't name other contributors was my point ;)
    - vanderZwan 9y ago
      I probably should clarify which one of you read my intentions correctly, but at this point I think it's more fun to keep it somewhat ambiguous ;)
  - jballanc 9y ago
    > Clojure Alex Miller and Stuart Halloway immediately jump to mind as lieutenants that could jump in and take over without too much disruption. > Erlang Well, there's also Roberts and Mike (reference, for those not familiar: https://youtu.be/xrIjfIjssLE?t=213 https://youtu.be/xrIjfIjssLE?t=213).
nerdwaller 9y ago
The last few years we’ve seen a few others help carry the torch (from active discussion on the python-ideas mailing list, core contributions, and major library compliments driving the ecosystem forward): * David Beasley * Raymond Hettinger * Yuri Selivanov I’m sure there are more but those are the first few that come to mind.
- leoc 9y ago
  Tim Peters definitely had a high profile back in the day.
shir0kamii 9y ago
At least the name of Victor Stinner comes to my mind