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BDFL left a long time ago. It’s not opinionated anymore. The language went from being small enough to fit in that guy’s head to a language controlled by committ

• swyx 1y ago
  poor answer. guido had very little impact on the packaging mess.
  • zahlman 1y ago
    Many would say that's the problem; i.e. that he should have had more impact. Check out the history of Conda.
    • swyx 1y ago
      right but "BDFL left" is clearly the wrong thing to blame when "BDFL never cared enough" so it doesnt matter if he left
      • kstrauser 1y ago
        That’s right. And we switched from eggs to wheel’s on Guido’s watch, but that was from him being a good leader and letting other smart people do clever things on their own.