Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!ames!eos!eugene From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: fortran 8x Message-ID: <1268@eos.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 17:35:47 GMT References: <133@garfield.RDL.COM> <20931@beta.lanl.gov> <1228@eos.UUCP> <5071@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 19 I draw several conclusions from what I had expected anyway. 1) The need to standardize on the front-end. Not just the syntax of the language in some near worthless (just kidding) document. [I'm just tired of FORTRAN IV FORTRAN V FORTRAN VII, insert your favorite name progression] [Sorry, I'm going through this again with three new machines]. This will then necessitate a standardized intermediate language for the code generator. But the user need not see this. 2) Okay, we should freeze the language and go on. And I can unsubscribe from this new group and wait for the next language...... ;-) Another person who suggested a Fortran Changes Rationale --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "Mailers?! HA!", "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {uunet,hplabs,ncar,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene "Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize."