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what if there are two implementations?
it happens.
its a fork.
and maybe they stay closely aligned or they dont 🙂
same question could be for specs or docs written in natural language.
example
W3C vs WHATWG
so if they want to be aligned they write a spec that both agree with?
i guess?
how does WHATWG agree with W3C?
or sometimes ISO vs IETF
or IEEE vs 3GPP
i personally think in the old world of closed source and proprietary, standard bodies where needed, but in the world of open source the open source code itself can serve as a better alternative
why are you comparing standards if you just said implementations are what matter? compare chrome with firefox, I don't know
browser vendors already dont agree.
there are still plenty of differences between them. they grew out of a time when standard bodies were how specs are done.
today things are different, but even BIPs and NIPs and the likes are still not making source the spec.
LLMs arent on the level yet to reliably generate human readable docs or specs from source, leave alone diff implementations to figure out the differences.
...but i'd say its where things are heading and i think thats a good thing 🙂
I dont get it
if nostr devs want to implement chat you want nostrudel and damus to each come up with their own way and not try to collab?
no.
ideally instead of writing a NIP, you would implement a module and then use it.
Basically the same way you would use a crypto library instead of rolling your own.
Of course, anyone can implement a compatible version and maintain it and track upstream changes.
