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> following the standards of how mature languages (e.g. C++) evolve over time

This gave me a chuckle. When I think of languages evolving their standards, I do think of C++. But not, you know, in a good way.

The point is that you can compile both old and new versions of C++ using the same compiler. Rust and Go also evolve like this
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