Unseating Sticky Standards

Some standards have staying power even though they have ugly or stale-smelling features. This topic is to explore the reasons for their stickiness and perhaps suggest ways to unseat them, if that is your goal.

Generally any challenger has to be significantly better to unseat them, not just slightly better. Their ubiquity gives them a "margin of imperfection".


SQL

Alleged problems: SqlFlaws

Possible reasons for hanging around:

JavaScript in Browsers

HTML

[Under Construction]

Qwerty Keyboard (See QwertySyndrome)

Possible reasons for hanging around:

C Syntax (See ItsTimeToDumpCeeSyntax, ItsNotTimeToDumpCeeSyntax)

COBOL

[Under Construction]


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