BDFL in wikipedia

[Jorge Vargas]

Hi I just hit this page in wikipedia BDFL[1]

and it redirected me to Guido's wikipedia[2] entry
now without causing any troubles (read flamewar) shouldn't

a) that page have an explanation of what BDFL is
b) shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3]
c) for the ones that have been around longer then me who was the first
being call like that?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDFL
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum
[3] http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-benevolent-dictators-for-life

 

[Carl Banks]

Hi I just hit this page in wikipedia BDFL[1]

and it redirected me to Guido's wikipedia[2] entry
now without causing any troubles (read flamewar) shouldn't

a) that page have an explanation of what BDFL is
b) shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3]

Since when is Larry Wall benevolent? He should be called the SDFL.




Carl Banks

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

a) that page have an explanation of what BDFL is
b) shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3]

Since when is Larry Wall benevolent? He should be called the SDFL.

I can't think what the S stands for... if it was M, I'd say Malevolent,
but S?

 

[Robin Becker]

Carl Banks wrote:
.......

Since when is Larry Wall benevolent? He should be called the SDFL.

......

even the great leader has been referred to as the MDFL

most language designers get to do it once and then recognize the result as
either beneficial or otherwise. The alternative is a constantly changing
language without any clear goal or endpoint. That's fine for some not for others.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

I can't think what the S stands for... if it was M, I'd say Malevolent,
but S?

Scented, Sexy, Spanish... no, probably not those.

I assume "Sadistic".

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[Toby A Inkster]

shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3]

Despite the link you posted, I don't think Linus, Larry Wall, Rasmus
Lerdorf, etc describe themselves as BDFLs, even if they fulfil similar
roles within their respective development communities.

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[Jorge Vargas]

shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3]

Despite the link you posted, I don't think Linus, Larry Wall, Rasmus
Lerdorf, etc describe themselves as BDFLs, even if they fulfil similar
roles within their respective development communities.

yea I just got that as an example, from around the web, I really
haven't follow the internals of any of those communities to be able to
know if they do or don't.

 

[John J. Lee]

Carl Banks wrote:
......
.....

even the great leader has been referred to as the MDFL

[...]

By you?-)


John