cdb@hpclcdb.HP.COM (01/19/88)
A document from Argonne and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories titled "A Review and Analysis of Fortran 8x" is now available from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Its price code is A02 for quantities 1-50 - what that means in dollars only Uncle Sugar knows for sure. They may file it under Livermore's number UCID-21248 or Argonne's ANL-87-40. More likely, it'll be something that bears no relation to either one. This document is 50 pages, organized into seven chapters, each by a different author or authors. It would seem to serve as a general introduction to the extensions planned, relative to Fortran 77. The review items are a significant part of the document, comprising Chapter 5 in toto as well as parts of the other sections. Overall, this document is the best summary of Fortran 8x I have seen short of Metcalf & Reid's book "Fortran 8x Explained" (which I have plugged in previous notes). For parties interested enough to read this far, you are reminded that the public review period for Fortran 8x runs out on February 23rd and your comments must be in the X3 Secretariat's hands by that deadline to be officially considered. Carl Burch HP Fortran
cdb@hpclcdb.HP.COM (Carl Burch) (01/29/88)
I should know better than to post addresses I haven't used myself. I'm told that a call to NTIS yielded the bureaucratic equivalent of "Huh?". Anyway, Lawrence Livermore National Labs have a few copies : > Our document library has about 40 copies and could send them out on request. > The address is Grace Quezada, USD Documentation Librarian, L-301, LLNL, > Livermore, CA 94550. Sorry about any wasted time on queries to NTIS. Carl Burch