[cgearhart]

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 committee that’s trying to please everyone.

[swyx]

poor answer. guido had very little impact on the packaging mess.

[zahlman]

Many would say that's the problem; i.e. that he should have had more impact. Check out the history of Conda.

[swyx]

right but "BDFL left" is clearly the wrong thing to blame when "BDFL never cared enough" so it doesnt matter if he left

[kstrauser]

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.