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Re:AXR: A better(?) alternative to HTML+CSS by extension on Monday June 13, 2011 @11:28AM (#2649350)
As long as the reference implementation gets a decent head start, any re-implementers will practically be forced to maintain complete compatibility with it. This model works quite well for programming languages.
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Re:AXR: A better(?) alternative to HTML+CSS by FlowerPower on Monday June 13, 2011 @12:13PM (#2649554)
Care to enlighten me on examples of languages that got a decent head start as a reference implementation, and are wide-spread?
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Re:AXR: A better(?) alternative to HTML+CSS by extension on Monday June 13, 2011 @12:54PM (#2649729)
Umm, all of them? Can you name a mainstream language that didn't start with a reference implementation?
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