Footnote 15 is a link to a pdf that describes an answer to your question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)#cite_note-14
On Oct 5, 7:13 am, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > I must confess that I don't know the fine details of what happened > historically with Java except that I heard that at one point there was > an attempt to make Java and ISO standard but it failed. As I > understand it the establishment of the JCP was done to compensate for > failure for Java to be an ISO standard. > > Is my understanding correct? > > Can anyone shed light onto why Java was not permitted to be made and > ISO standard? > > I find the situation curious given at least one version of C# is an > ISO standard. I am not sure about Objective-C. > > Would Java be in a stronger position if it were an ISO standard rather > than being managed through the JCP? > > Would it help Java if it were not so closely affiliated with one core > company (i.e. more like C/C++ rather than C#)? > > I would be interested in hearing your thoughts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
