Python creator Guido van Rossum sys.exit()s as language overlord

'Benevolent dictator for life' tired of the hate, leaves behind no successor or governance

Guido van Rossum - who created the Python programming language in 1989, was jokingly styled as its "benevolent dictator for life", and ushered it to global ubiquity - has stepped down, and won't appoint a successor."