> In the past, RMS had asserted that use some specific programming > language with an international standard developed by ISO > was unacceptable for the GNU project (and GCC in particular). > That had had the practical effect of delaying for years, > developments of projects both in GCC and directly related to GCC.
I'm not sure I understand your reference, but those are clearly generic issues relating to management of FSF projects overall and to philosophical issues related to Free Software. That's very clearly the prerogative of the FSF. What I heard claimed was that there was interference in the *technical* issues, such as when to take branches or similar specific technical choices. I've heard of no such examples before this one.
