Actually, out of all the "standards" to choose from, there are two GOOD standards:
UTF-8: Not insane like all the alternatives.
JSON: Much less insane than XML.
ALL other standards are insane, confining what is "allowed" to only what is familiar and comfortable in a "
designed by committee" "
multi-cultural" mess, pretty much outlawing exploration of new frontiers for people like myself. Between standards,
software patents, and "open source" code infected by the "
GPL virus" making it useless for commercial programmers, software development can get somewhat difficult at times.
