在「Russ Cox is stepping down as the Go tech lead (groups.google.com)」看到的，Russ Cox 要將 tech lead 身分交棒出來，原討論串在 Google Groups 上面：「passing torches to Austin and Cherry」。
交棒本身算是階段性任務，倒是沒什麼特別的，讓人討論起來的是這段，批評 BDFL 模式並且直接點名 Python 的情況：
In particular, I don’t believe that the “BDFL” (benevolent dictator for life) model is healthy for a person or a project. It doesn’t create space for new leaders. It’s a single point of failure. It doesn’t give the project room to grow. I think Python benefited greatly from Guido stepping down in 2018 and letting other people lead, and I’ve had in the back of my mind for many years that we should have a Go leadership change eventually.
Go 從一開始就是很純正的由商業公司開發出來的程式語言，所以本來就不會有 BDFL 的角色，這樣的批評其實蠻有趣的...