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Subject: Re: Standardization (of FORTRAN, Ada, e
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Date: 28 Nov 88 16:39:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!hirchert    Nov 28 10:39:00 1988


In my last posting, I forgot to respond to Doug McDonald's request for
information about the status of the Fortran 8x work.  At the November X3J3
meeting, X3J3 decided to use the recommendations in WG5 resolution P2 as a basis
for producing the next draft for Fortran 8x and passed a large number of
proposals modifying its draft in that direction.  X3J3 did not adopt the WG5
document in its entirety, and some of the proposals adopted are at odds with
the WG5 recommendations, but the differences are for the most part in areas
where it was perceived that changes would not result in opposition from one of
the other nations represented on WG5.  X3J3 also accepted a schedule which, if
met, would result in the forwarding of a new draft and approval and mailing of
responses to all public comments following the May meeting of next year.

If none of the other X3J3 members on the net does it sooner, I will try to
post a more specific list of approved technical changes later this week.

Kurt W. Hirchert     hirchert@ncsa.uiuc.edu
National Center for Supercomputing Applications