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by torstenvl 355 days ago
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> I don't understand your thought process.

You claim to be a lawyer, I doubt your reading comprehension is really this bad but just in case I'll spell it out for you. You asked:

> More importantly, is there a public body that owns the spec?

And I answered:

> For C# there is the ECMA specification for it https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/st...

Anyone can implement a compiler or interpreter for C# if they want, and there is a link to the standard for it. Is this clear enough for you?

Also, from an earlier comment you made a false claim and a strange reference.

You claimed that "most of" Java, Rust, C#, Python, and Go have only a single implementation. This is false. There are multiple implementations of each.

Second, you make a bizarre reference to "fad[ing] away like Pascal." Why do you think Pascal faded? I'll give a hint: It had nothing to do with being proprietary. At best that reference is a non sequitur, at worst it demonstrates more confusion on your part.

It isn't my reading comprehension that is deficient. You are talking in circles and demonstrating a remarkable inability to think clearly. I was just being polite.

Something being proprietary means that it is owned. It means "relating to an owner or ownership"; "of, relating to, or characteristic of an owner or title holder"; "used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive legal right"; "privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization."