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    Interfacing with Zig, a BDFL-run project culture zig kristoff.it
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      af avatar af 3 years ago

      BDFL is the only way (imho) to run a programming language project.

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        ifreund avatar ifreund 3 years ago

        While non BDFL run programming languages certainly exist, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that succeeds in remaining simple long term.

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          icefox avatar icefox 3 years ago

          Scheme?

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            ifreund avatar ifreund 3 years ago

            Well, Cunningham’s Law strikes again I guess :D

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            calvin avatar calvin 3 years ago

            SML, maybe?

            I think the alternate solution is to make the management so diluted decision by committee so that nothing gets done; perhaps to the point of atrophy. Though you usually get eventual bursts of activity.

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              Corbin avatar Corbin 3 years ago

              AWK comes to mind, with three designers, multiple forks and reimplementations, and a sprawling ecosystem.