>Sometimes doing a formal standardisation process too early can result in stifling innovation. Realistically, I think the most likely outcome if there's a form

>Sometimes doing a formal standardisation process too early can result in stifling innovation. Realistically, I think the most likely outcome if there's a formal standard is similar to C: You end up with one compiler that adds extensions to the standard language that are too useful to ignore, and then ~everyone copies them anyway. The most useful extensions are then standardized in the next version of said standard. Meanwhile, some poor suckers will be working in We Must Follow The Standards hellscapes and will have to stick to the ISO version, and they'll be completely left behind by the community.