Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Status of Fortran 90? Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 90 18:22:40 GMT References: <1990Mar22.021403.6989@umigw.miami.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: na Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 34 In-reply-to: jim@mango.miami.edu's message of 22 Mar 90 02:14:03 GMT In article <1990Mar22.021403.6989@umigw.miami.edu> jim@mango.miami.edu (jim brown) writes: What is happening with Fortran 90? Is the voting over? Has it become an ANSI standard? Is there any hope? The final voting hasn't truly begun. As reported late last year, X3 chose to keep X3.9-1978 alive as a separate standard. ISO roundly criticized this US action. ISO wants one standard, when Fortran 90 is finished, it will be that (for International usage). There is a reasonable expectation that work may be finished in time for ISO ordination by year's end. There is an X3J3 meeting and an implementors forum Date: Implementors forum April 27-28 (Friday + 1/2 Saturday). X3J3 Meeting, April 30 - May 4. In the lake tahoe area. Tom Lahey (of f77l fame) is the host. Given the differences in balloting rules ANSI ordination may possibly lag ISO. NIST has started to bring together interested parties to craft a validation suite (child of FCVS ?, FCVS II ?, FCVS 90 ??). -- Keith H. Bierman |*My thoughts are my own. !! kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM It's Not My Fault | MTS --Only my work belongs to Sun* kbierman%eng@sun.com I Voted for Bill & | Advanced Languages/Floating Point Group Opus | "When the going gets Weird .. the Weird turn PRO"