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by steveklabnik 1438 days ago
Simply having a document called "a standard" doesn't mean that:

1. the standard covers everything you wished it would cover

2. every implementation implements the standard, with no bugs

3. the standard doesn't itself contain incoherent or contradictory things

Standards are a tool, not magic interoperability sauce.

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Hence the existence of standard certification for compilers as business.
Like the Goldman Rep says in The Big Short, "If you offer us free money, we ARE going to take it..."
I bet Ferrocene will also happily take part of that money.