the-lang-ref-is-the-only-std-you're-likely-to-get-ly y'rs - tim

Since Java has been cited as an example of a language that has a "language definition" - it is just a language reference book, either. Sun did a number of attempts to make Java an Internation Standard, and they withdrew when they finally understood what it means. For Python, it would most likely mean that the only implementations don't conform to the standard. Regards, Martin