I'm interested in what the community at large thinks about trying to get a standard for Julia, maybe for when are closer to a 1.0
If we had an ANSI standard or ISO standard, something that everyone could rely on, I think it would really build trust in larger commercial undertakings. I mean, if all the places that use C++ could update those projects to Julia with the same level of confidence that their code will work several years from now, personally, I think they'd be more easily convinced to Julia a shot. Of course, this would imply much more stability in the language than there currently is, and wouldn't be something worth working on until we reach some sort of consensus as far as what 1.0 actually should be, but I think it's something that we should talk about regardless, since it contributes a huge amount of legitimacy behind C++. There's already huge shops like the Fed in New York that are using Julia for projects, but I think that with the right approach and the right presentation, there are shops that would be willing to consider Julia for huge undertakings. More importantly, I think that Julia is capable and even has an edge over C++ for huge-scale projects and so I just want to do everything that can be done to ensure that just the good will and joy that Julia *is, *reaches as grand an audience as possible. We've gone so far already, but we should keep going higher I think. Obviously, I have no experience with the actual process of standardizing a language, so please chime in with anything at all that would be useful, if this is something you are for or against.
