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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: C/C++ programmer giving Ada95 a chance -- writing an emulator.
Date: 2000/04/01
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In article <38E2B049.F12CFD39@research.canon.com.au>,
  Geoff Bull <geoff@research.canon.com.au> wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
> >  and of course there does not even exist a standard for
Java,

> I guess you mean that the standard does not exist in the sense
> that it is not approved by a standards body such as ISO.

That to me is what a standard is about.

> Obviously ISO sanctioned standards are better than proprietary
> standards.

Indeed.

> Of course, some will argue that a proprietary standard isn't a
> standard

Indeed they will, and they will be right :-) A proprietary
standard is a contradiction in terms (*). More to the point,
if you accept the notion, then everything is standardized,
since you can always find a proprietary definition for anything.
For instance, are we to agree that all architectures are
standardized simply because vendors provide reasonably complete
and accurate definitions?

(*) but not an oxymoron, being a charter member of the
please-let's-preserve-the-nice-word-oxymoron-and-not-misuse-it
club I like to take the opportunity to make this point :-)
Yes, yes, I know it is a lost cause, just like moot :-)


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