The standard is the language. Again, you're arguing semantics.
The standard is a completely conceptual description of an idealized version of the language.
The implementations are the language.
One learns this when their standards-compliant code fails to compile.
Then it's not a language anyone uses.
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The standard is a completely conceptual description of an idealized version of the language.
The implementations are the language.
One learns this when their standards-compliant code fails to compile.