On Feb 1, 12:18 am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "John Nagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Submitting Python 2.5 to ISO/ANSI might be a good idea. > > ANSI does not actually make standards. It make metastandards about how to > make standards (both style and process) and accredites US standard-making > bodies that will follow those metastandards. The processes require > committee meetings and public comment periods -- a few years and some $$$. > There in no guarantee that what would come out of such a process would be > what went in, so 'Standard Python' might easily be a language with no > implementations. > > ANSI standards are owned by ANSI or perhaps the accrediting body. In any > case, electronic copies sell for $30. They cannot legally be accessed free > as for the docs at python.org.
HI Terry, Is their a standardizing body out their to `legitimise` open source languages like Python? - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
