minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (09/16/83)
The following is reprinted from the current (Sept. 83) SIGPLAN Notices. It is dated May 16, 1983, and the first organizational meeting was held June 28-29. X3 Forms Committee to Standardize Programming Language C Interested Parties Urged to Attend First Meeting WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- The American National Standards Committee X3, Information Processing Systems, has announced a new project to standardize Programming Language C. "We need a machine-independent version of C," says Jim Brodie of Motorola, who will convene the new committee. The growing use of C to develop systems software means that we need a single, clearly-defined standard. Right now, similar but incompatible implementation is a real problem, and there's no place for implementors to turn when they want to build new C compilers." The new technical committee, X3J11, will join seventeen other programming language standardization projects currently underway. In the past, this same process has been used to develop eight major programming language standards. Interested individuals and company representatives may become members of the new committee by contacting: Mr. Jim Brodie Motorola Inc. Microsystems MOS Integrated circuits Group 2900 South Diablo Way Tempe AZ 85062 602/829-3456 Submitted to USENET by: Martin Minow decvax!minow