doug@calgary.UUCP (02/10/87)
Does anybody out there have an idea of the progress that has been make by the ANSI X3J3 committee?? I have developed a need to know if it is practical to develop yet another fortran 77 compiler or should I wait for the new standard. Thanks for your time Doug Robinson
cdb@hpclla.UUCP (03/06/87)
The draft standard was voted out for public review in January. At the February meeting the committee did not get through all the comments made by the members. When all X3J3 and WG5 (ISO) comments are processed, the draft will be forwarded to X3 as a recommended draft standard. I tend to guess that the final standard will be published no earlier than 1991, though that is probably not the date the Chair would quote. Carl Burch hplabs!hpda!hpcllld!cdb