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Raymond Hettinger for BDFL! :)
by scrollaway 8y ago
Raymond Hettinger for BDFL! :)
- metalliqaz 8y agoHonestly I think he would do a good job, but I am certain that the Python community would never accept him as BDFL. First, he's a straight white male, which is problematic for a significant subset. Second, he has been very opinionated on certain sore spots, such as the GIL.
- staticautomatic 8y agoI don't care who says it about whom. Saying that people are unacceptable because of their skin color, sexual orientation, or gender is gross.
- ChikkaChiChi 8y agoI fought for two decades against people whose primary issue was caring about genitals involved behind closed doors. Now it seems like we're having the exact same fight with the side we were fighting for. It seems like a role like BDFL of a programming language is the one place that demographic qualifiers could not be a thing...but welcome to Outrage Culture.
- duckerude 8y agoIs it a thing, though? All I see is a comment expecting it to be a thing.
- langitbiru 8y agoI seconded Raymond Hettinger. He is a very experienced developer and is much respected one. If he does not want the role, perhaps Victor Stinner can do the job.