hokey@plus5.uucp (The Moderator) (05/17/85)
std-mumps Digest Thu, 16 May 85 Volume 1 : Issue 16
Today's Topics:
mdc miscellaneous
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Date: Mon, 13 May 85 10:48:11 pdt
From: ihnp4!ucbvax!ucdavis!clover!walters (Dick Walters)
Subject: mdc miscellaneous
To: std-mumps@plus5.UUCP
I haven't contributed to the network news, but it now appears time to do
so for various reasons.
1. ANSI Standard is being printed now. I am responsible for the printing,
and it is being done under my auspices, but MUG office is working with me
on it. Actual date should be before MDC meeting in June. details later, but
as far as i know all is at the printers now.
2. I learned one important piece of information from ANSI: It IS possible to
submit a revision for the current standard before the five year period
normally between revisions. In other words, we can submit, through the
regular canvass process, the NEW, paramater passing, Block structuring, and
possibly Network modifications whenever we are ready with them. For this
reason, I urge speedy resolution of all the above so that we can get
a new modification paper together. The flurry of activity showing up in
this newsletter reflects in part a recognition of that fact. The word
needs to get out as soon as possible to others.
I look forward to an active discussion on networking in June, hoping to
resolve the name-space, routine/global (not remote job) aspects to
a point where they can be at least type b releases. Jack Bowie has done
good work in tieing together block structuring and other elements, and
with the incentive of a possible modification being incorporated
into the Standard (up to three such modifications can be submitted
between 5-year reviews, but heaven help us if we do more than one),
I foresee an active MDC meeting.
see you there.
Dick Walters
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