Some of the most advanced programming techniques have emerged either because of the complete lack of coordinated standards, or because there was too rigid standardization and too soon, whether it was planned that way or not. The standardization that was lacking, or too rigid, was in programming techniques, programming languages, programming terminology, equipment techniques, available equipment, and specification and documentation methods for equipment, programs, languages, and problems to be solved. For example, common programming languages developed because of the lack of standardized equipment or languages for their use.
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