[setq]

Vendors come and go. Standards don't.

[pjmlp]

Ah, the sweet memories from CORBA, Usenet, Token Ring, Gopher, PHIGS, Taligent....

Stardards are only relevant as long as the industry cares to use them.

[setq]

I can use all of those today or develop a new implementation if I want.

[JdeBP]

I actually developed and deployed an instance of a new GOPHER server recently. I was surprised to see requests in its access logs.

[pjmlp]

Sure you can, I doubt anyone would care, though.