Guido van Rossum
In general, though, I must ask you to err on the careful side when the possibility of breaking existing code exists.
I try to. You notice I haven't committed any changes to the interpreter core. This is a good example of what I mean by picking my shots carefully... -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them." -- Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of the John Marshall Court