On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:51 AM Paul Bryan <pbryan@anode.ca> wrote:
From my point of view, the process of standardizing through a formal standards body is a tedious, verbose, laborious, bureaucratic and often contentious process.
I've never participated in such a standardization, but I'm sure it's hard work.

I'd really like to know quantitatively what the benefits would be of running that gauntlet, as I'm not sure they would outweigh the costs.
I think it'd be easier to quantify love.

On Fri, 2021-02-12 at 10:33 -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote:

What would it take to create an ANSI, ECMA and/or ISO standard for Python?

It seems to have really helped C.

It looks like Java isn't standardized, and it's done OK, though perhaps it was healthier in the past - before Oracle decided API's were ownable.

I think standardizing Python might be really good for controlling its growth and avoiding featuritis.

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