Firstly: * Python : Guido van Rossum * Ruby : Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto * JavaScript : Brendan Eich The idea, as is clear in the submitted article and in th

Firstly: * Python : Guido van Rossum * Ruby : Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto * JavaScript : Brendan Eich The idea, as is clear in the submitted article and in the works it references, is that the best designs come from a single mind. Collaboration increases the amount of work that can be done, but also increases the amount of work that is needed to be done. It's not claiming that changes should be made unilaterally and without consultation, it's claiming that designs are cleaner, clearer, and more elegant when there is a single mind guiding it.