Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-23 Thread John J. Lee
Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 :) [...] By you?-) John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Jorge Vargas
On 2/21/07, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:28:30 -0300, Andrew McNamara > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > >> Hi I just hit this page in wikipedia BDFL[1] > >> and it redirected me to Guido's wikipedia[2] entry > >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDFL > > >

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Jorge Vargas
On 2/21/07, Toby A Inkster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorge Vargas wrote: > > > 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

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Jorge Vargas
On 2/21/07, Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 m

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Toby A Inkster
Jorge Vargas wrote: > 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. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Toby A Inkster
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: >> >> 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? Scented, Sexy, Spanish... no, probably not those. I assume "Sadistic". -- Toby A Inkster BS

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread 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 con

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:25:44 -0800, Carl Banks wrote: >> 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

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Carl Banks
On Feb 20, 9:27 pm, "Jorge Vargas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 men

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:28:30 -0300, Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: >> Hi I just hit this page in wikipedia BDFL[1] >> and it redirected me to Guido's wikipedia[2] entry >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDFL > > I suspect, in this case, the redirect is implicit. It's happening >

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Andrew McNamara
>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

BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread 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 l