[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/5/2022 8:21 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <t2ilf1$18mj$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
> chris  <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>> I think the point is that languages take time to evolve and the path
>> can be unstable until there is enough critical mass to produce a fully
>> documented and standard version. I would expect that to take a decade
>> or more. No good for serious work without that professionalism. Toy
>> and experimental otherwise.
> 
> Java doesn't have a "standard" in the sense described here, but
> much as I don't care for it as a language I'd be hard pressed to
> describe it as a "toy" or "no good for serious work."

Java is not ISO/ANSI/ECMA standardized.

But the JCP process is really very similar to ISO/ANSI/ECMA.

Arne