On Saturday, 23 January 2016 at 00:30:17 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
... What ought to rule in a programming language is technical merit, not popularity.
What happens if a technical feature is vetoed by someone is charge even if it has merit?
And you're comparing Apples vs Oranges with the rest of your answer. Even when you talk about Linux (Org) and Linus, currently the Linux Foundation has a board members to approve or not new features or changes, and finally after that it goes to Linus, and overall after passed by the board it's almost approved by Linus too.
And by the way let this talk about dictatorship go away, because I think It will do more harm than anything else.
