If you want a proper standard, go to ISO, not ANSI. The ANSI is a small provincial organisation, whereas ISO is the global body.

But that aside, does your friend also eschew Java on the grounds that *it* has no ANSI standard? If he does then he's a damned fool, and his opinions are of no merit. If he doesn't, then he's a hypocrite and his opinions are also of no merit.