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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:31:02 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:


> Democracy DOES NOT WORK. Plain and simple. You cannot build a
> programming language democratically.
>
	Uhm... COBOL and Ada may be close... They were committee/competition
where the best (compromise) aspect was selected for inclusion...
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