• BatmanAoD@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    “All leading programming languages…are actually specified in international standards”? Here’s an actual list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Programming_languages_with_an_ISO_standard

    Off the top of my head, here are some languages that aren’t on there: Java, Python, Perl. Some languages that are on there but almost no one uses: ALGOL-60, CHILL (which appears to be extinct?), MUMPS, and Modula-2. Notably, there’s a version of Lisp closely related to Common Lisp, but I’ve never actually heard of anyone using it.

    Of the ones that are on there, most are not actually standards-driven the way C and C++ are, and even those each existed for over a decade and became widely used prior to standardization.

    The current latest C# ECMA standard describes version 6.0; the current C# version is 12.0. The ISO spec is even further behind.

    Standards don’t determine language usage, popularity, or longevity.