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1. oconno+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:21:15
What other programming languages have established foundations like this? The other one I know of is the Python Software Foundation.
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2. gardaa+v[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:23:11
>>oconno+(OP)
Zig: https://ziglang.org/zsf/
3. arusah+P[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:24:27
>>oconno+(OP)
Based on an inartful Googling, here are some additional ones:

* D [1]

* F# [2]

* Perl [3]

I'm sure there are more.

1: https://dlang.org/foundation/about.html 2: https://fsharp.org/ 3: https://www.perlfoundation.org/

4. stevek+A1[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:26:51
>>oconno+(OP)
"like this" is complicated, because different foundations do different things, but, beyond the Python Software Foundation, there is:

* The OpenJS Foundation (Node)

* Ruby Central is similar but also different

* Parrot (for Perl 6...) had a foundation, not clear on what the project is like now though

* https://www.perlfoundation.org/

And of course, many many foundations that support open source projects that aren't programming languages.

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5. aloisd+R1[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:28:23
>>oconno+(OP)
The first coming to my mind is the .NETfoundation https://dotnetfoundation.org/

baked by Microsoft but more and more community driven

6. atonse+Y5[view] [source] 2020-08-18 15:48:23
>>oconno+(OP)
Microsoft did this a few years ago for .NET and it seems to have been a really smooth process.

Hopefully they're advising Mozilla on this.

7. Zsolt+Ha[view] [source] 2020-08-18 16:07:32
>>oconno+(OP)
The Elixir / Erlang community: https://erlef.org/
8. 9214+td[view] [source] 2020-08-18 16:18:21
>>oconno+(OP)
Red language; foundation is based in Paris, France.
9. autarc+mf[view] [source] 2020-08-18 16:27:45
>>oconno+(OP)
The Perl Foundation (https://www.perlfoundation.org/) has existed for many years. I've been a board member for a year or so.

We began life primarily to support the YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) community-run conferences, but now we also support development of the language itself.

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10. _lbaq+yx[view] [source] 2020-08-18 17:51:49
>>oconno+(OP)
https://scala.epfl.ch

"A new not-for-profit center established at EPFL."

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11. Rabbit+PM1[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-08-19 02:36:10
>>stevek+A1
Zig also debuted their foundation a few weeks ago; https://ziglang.org/zsf/
12. jedisc+Cw2[view] [source] 2020-08-19 11:51:27
>>oconno+(OP)
Zig !
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13. autarc+e33[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-08-19 15:33:30
>>autarc+mf
Correction: We now support both the Perl and Raku languages, as well as conferences for those languages.

Apologies for the mistake!

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