Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!skipper!elxsi!maine From: maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: X3 Vote on Fortran 8x Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 89 20:49:49 GMT References: <2192@convex.UUCP> <50500158@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 30 In-reply-to: hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 20 Oct 89 17:31:00 GMT In article <50500158@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > It should be obvious by now that many of us do not share Presley's > enthusiasm for X3's action. I'm another user that's sure not fond of the X3 action, and of Preseley's generally negative attitude about Fortran 8x as a whole. I might add that next time Presley claims to speak for all his customers that we have at least talked to Convex about becoming one of his customers and yes, I asked some very pointed questions about 8x compiler plans, etc. So I can guarantee that at least one of Presley's potential customers is highly interested and has asked about it. The general response I got struck me as them trying to tell me that F8X was going to cause me problems and I didn't really want it. Perhaps Presley's perception of customer desires reflects more what he wants to hear than what they actually say? Yes, that statement is unfairly harsh and probably untrue. It may well be that a majority of the customers agree with Presley. I don't take poll samples so I can't really speak for what the percentages are. All I can say for sure is that there is at least one of my viewpoint. The usual disclaimers apply. -- Richard Maine maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov [130.134.1.1]