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C because when UNIX started to get widespread, that was the way to settle difference across multiple language implementations.
And C++ because Bjarne eventually settled on ISO as means to settle out the differences across the various C++ implementations that sprung off.
https://www.stroustrup.com/hopl-almost-final.pdf
However this is also a reason why nice tools like package managers and IDEs are ages behind, because when one vendor comes up with nice toys (C++Builder, vcpkg, CUDA), they don't land on ISO and you are stuck in one eco-system anyway.
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C because when UNIX started to get widespread, that was the way to settle difference across multiple language implementations.
And C++ because Bjarne eventually settled on ISO as means to settle out the differences across the various C++ implementations that sprung off.
https://www.stroustrup.com/hopl-almost-final.pdf
However this is also a reason why nice tools like package managers and IDEs are ages behind, because when one vendor comes up with nice toys (C++Builder, vcpkg, CUDA), they don't land on ISO and you are stuck in one eco-system anyway.