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> Individuals often hate these "tyrants" and wish them gone, Only the most deranged of individuals could possibly dislike Guido van Rossum. There was some unp
by TomSwirly 4y ago
> Individuals often hate these "tyrants" and wish them gone,
Only the most deranged of individuals could possibly dislike Guido van Rossum. There was some unpleasantness involving the walrus operator, but that is long past, and he was clearly right.
- lolinder 4y agoThe walrus operator incident was a big part of why Guido stepped down: > He credits his decision to step down as partly due to his experience with the turmoil over PEP 572: "Now that PEP 572 is done, I don't ever want to have to fight so hard for a PEP and find that so many people despise my decisions." I agree that Guido should have been immune, but even he wasn't. https://web.archive.org/web/20180713192427/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/guido-van-rossum-stepping-down-role-pythons-benevolent-dictator-life https://web.archive.org/web/20180713192427/https://www.linux...