alt Hacker NewsIn essence, a standard committee thinks like bureaucrats. They have little to no incentive to get rid of cruft and only piling on new stuff is rewarded.
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WalterBright • today at 4:30 AM
In D, we are implementing editions so features that didn't prove effective can be removed.
The scheme folks managed to shed complexity between R6RS and R7RS, I believe.
So perhaps I think the issue is not committees per se, but how the committees are put together and what are the driving values.