lagache@violet.berkeley.edu (Edouard Lagache) (09/26/88)
Last week there was a posting by Presley Smith on the European work related to FORTRAN 8x. It included the following snippet: }On to the saga of the WG5 meeting... It appears that there may be a }move underway to have the ISO group break away from the American group }and produce a separate standard for FORTRAN for ISO based on the }current FORTRAN 8x proposal. It is probable that such options }will be discussed at the WG5 meeting in Paris this week. Such a }move could cause a split between the two standardization groups }and could result in two different non-compatible FORTRAN standards }being produced. .............. } }That could result in a real MESS! So, stay tuned for more }information from the WG5 meeting in Paris... The future }of FORTRAN may be being decided this week... WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE! We CANNOT afford to have two standards, that would effectively result in no standard and might very well kill the language. Will someone please give the US and European folks a good kick in the pants, and remind them that they are supposed to SAVE the language - not kill it!! Edouard Lagache lagache@violet.berkeley.edu