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exactly, you can't standardize on a solution before any good one exists in the first place


Tell that to the C++ Standard Committee. They have no problem standardizing things that don't even exist and may even be impossible to implement.


Most additions to the standard library have been existing implementations found in boost. But yes, they have a tendency to go a little too theoretical. C++ standard targets a virtual machine and all that. Modules in particular was a hot mess.




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