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Simply having a document called "a standard" doesn't mean that: 1. the standard covers everything you wished it would cover 2. every implementation implements
by steveklabnik 4y ago
Simply having a document called "a standard" doesn't mean that:
1. the standard covers everything you wished it would cover
2. every implementation implements the standard, with no bugs
3. the standard doesn't itself contain incoherent or contradictory things
Standards are a tool, not magic interoperability sauce.
- pjmlp 4y agoHence the existence of standard certification for compilers as business.
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