carols@drilex.UUCP (Carol Springs) (11/06/87)
I used to work on Fortran compilers for Unisys (Burroughs) mainframes, and therefore am reasonably familiar with the new 8X standard and the reasons for Unisys's "no" vote. I hope that the material available for public review contains all of the commentary by the various committee members regarding their respective rationales. Some of my colleagues put a lot of work into these comments, and I'd hate for people to get their perspectives entirely from quotes in rush-job articles in _Computerworld_. (At least one of these quotes was used as an example of a "Unisys" position in spite of the interviewee's request that he not be quoted in that context. Maybe there was a misunderstanding, but it's tempting to say "So much for journalistic integrity.") I urge _everybody_ who uses Fortran or will otherwise be affected by the new standard to obtain a copy of the standard and supplementary material. Then make your views known. --- Carol Springs carols@drilex.UUCP