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So if there are changes I'd like to see in Python, I should lobby Guido in person? Yes I know, Python has a fairly decentralized control structure and a nice o

• zephyrfalcon 15y ago
  I don't know, but I recall this post from 2003 which still seems relevant here: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/326948/ http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/326948/
• js2 15y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life ?
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• eliben 15y ago
  No, you write down a detailed proposal and send it to the python-ideas mailing list, which Guido mentioned in this post. The decision making process in Python is fair and egalitarian. It's useful to have a "dictator" to give the final rule on difficult decisions every once in a while, because we all are engineers who get bogged down in design alternatives which don't always end up being conclusive. Guido has never really forced himself on the community. Sure, any new ideas he brings to the table will be taken more seriously, but so would ideas brought by other senior core-devs. It's a meritocracy, after all!