Re: [AD] Go Evert, go!

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On 2005-05-26, Andrei Ellman <ae-a-alleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> >Attached proposed documentation update.
> > [...]
> > +At the moment of writing this, Evert Glebbeek is the Allegro Dictator.
> 
> What about "King of Allegro" instead?

We've always called such a figure the "dictator", basically because it's
just for a laugh.  I don't know if it really needs mentioning in the
manual[1].  I can't recall any time that any of us have had to step in
and sort out a dispute within the "core" group.

Some more history: at one stage no one was really willing to be the
dictator, so it was proposed that we have a triumvirate consisting of
Eric, Michael Bukin and myself.  I *think* we agreed to it (someone
correct me if I'm wrong).

Peter

[1] And, though nice for me, listing the former dictators prominently is
unfair to those who nevertheless made really important contributions.
Six lines is enough, though a seventh "Overthrown dictator" would be fun
and then you could delete the list of former dictators from the main part
of the manual.





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