Unfortunately, Wirth never seemed to be very cooperative in attempts to standardize his languages, and often inclined to tinker with the language whenever he wr

Unfortunately, Wirth never seemed to be very cooperative in attempts to standardize his languages, and often inclined to tinker with the language whenever he wrote a new compiler. My personal theory is that his participation in the Algol 68 design effort left him with enough unpleasant experiences in language standardization to stop him from ever trying this again (Though I never asked him personally). I never cease to be amazed at the dedication Stroustrup has been bringing to the C++ standardization for several decades now.