It bothers me somewhat that they say this is standardized, but not by whom. Is the idea that Yarn should fall in line or is it a case of https://xkcd.com/927/ h

It bothers me somewhat that they say this is standardized, but not by whom. Is the idea that Yarn should fall in line or is it a case of https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ ?