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Are those standards really useful though? I'm under the impression that Perl/Ruby/Python/etc. have done well enough without.
by shakow 2y ago
Are those standards really useful though? I'm under the impression that Perl/Ruby/Python/etc. have done well enough without.
- steveklabnik 2y agoHilariously, Ruby actually has an ISO standard, and it is absolutely useless.
- lifthrasiir 2y agoIt has been fast-tracked from the Japanese standard JIS X 3017, and I think there was a strong incentive to standardize due to Ruby being the only current mainstream language originated from Japan. (I recall even the Ruby Association [1] is supported by Matsue, where Matz was born.) [1] https://www.ruby.or.jp/en/ https://www.ruby.or.jp/en/