[amelius]

Why is this stuff even reinvented for every programming language?

Isn't it about time that we have some common language that every other language builds on?

[johndough]

> Isn't it about time that we have some common language that every other language builds on?

That language is C. It is debatable whether it was a good choice, but at least this is how it turned.

[IncRnd]

So said every writer of a standard immediately before writing another standard to replace all others.

[rwbhn]

Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/927/

[lmm]

ICU is out there with bindings in many languages. People who know what they're doing use ICU.