Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!unmvax!brainerd From: brainerd@unmvax.unm.edu (Walt Brainerd) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Two Fortran Standards Summary: Good idea Message-ID: <305@unmvax.unm.edu> Date: 26 Aug 89 16:14:52 GMT References: <282@unmvax.unm.edu> <12687@pur-ee.UUCP> Organization: University of New Mexico at Albuquerque Lines: 15 In article <12687@pur-ee.UUCP>, hankd@pur-ee.UUCP (Hank Dietz) writes: > > Did I miss someone talking about a Fortran subset standard? I'd be perfectly > happy if they kept Fortran 77 active as the subset dialect standard. ;-) > This is an alternative that makes a lot more sense than what X3 is proposing (i.e., two different standards and two different documents). X3J3 is currently conducting a poll to see whether the X3 idea of two standards or the subset idea is preferred, given that one will be forced by X3. -- Walt Brainerd Unicomp, Inc. brainerd@unmvax.cs.unm.edu 2002 Quail Run Dr. NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 505/275-0800