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Dwight Hutto wrote:

>>> Alan Gauld quotes, "Putting on my moderator's hat", sometimes.
>>>
>>>> is as you describe, a monarchy whose head but seldom exercises power;
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it's Rossenbom(or whoever the creator of the interpreter
>>> written in C is), "who says benevolent dictator for life"
>>>
>> [snip]
>> You don't know the name of the BDFL? I'm appalled! :-)
>>
> I know plenty of BDFL's, including that one, but the mods are not the
> creator.

Cue

I kno' plenty o' nuttin',
And nuttin's plenty fo' me...

to the tune of Josh Kirschwein (or whoever wrote that Ernie and Tess opera)