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From: gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg)
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Subject: Re: 10-Year Language Standard Revision Cycle
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Date: 15 Mar 90 17:04:41 GMT
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In article <8305@hubcap.clemson.edu> wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes:
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>   I'm wondering if anyone knows why ISO sets a 10-Year revision cycle
>   for its programming language standards; it seems to me that with the
>   explosion in research into object-oriented programming, etc., it would
>   be more appropriate to cut the revision period down to a 5-year cycle.
>
>
>   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu

I can't speak to the question of the programming language revision cycle
specifically, but I am would be surprised if the 10-year cycle is correct.
It is certainly not true ISO-wide.  The standards in JTC 1 are on a 5-year
revision cycle (and I thought this was ISO-wide).  JTC 1 is the Open Systems
Interconnection.  For example, IS-7498 (the OSI Reference Model) was adopted
in 1984 and is now in the revision process.

Dave Gomberg