@jens nodds in agreement
Older standards do get declared deprecated, but that means they'll remain in the books still to reference for historical reasons.
- OFC a newer standard gets written and then oreambled to replace older ones.
This has been the norm for everyone regsrdless if DIN, ISO, IEC, IEEE or IETF....
- After all, one may face something as per revious standard and may need the correct source to reference for it.
Imagine if IEC decided to basically scrap all other AC power connectors but IEC 6320 C19/C20, IEC60906-1 & IEC60309 125A 400 V 3L+N+PE 6h and tell electricians to "GTFO!" when it comes to anything else.
- #NIST turning themselves into willingful helpers of #Trump makes them less reliable (or rather unreliable) and thus erodes the #USA in terms of #Standards!
This is worse than what the Nazis did with DIN, cuz even they didn't fuck with standardization AFAIK!