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From: john@ghostwheel.unm.edu (John Prentice)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: review & comment of fortran extended.
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Date: 21 Nov 90 16:44:50 GMT
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In article <6204@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> MCDOWELL@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (James K. McDowell) writes:
>
>	We are in the middle of the public review for Fortran Extended
>	which ends December 18.  Has anyone purchased the new DRAFT
>	(I think the most expensive yet) and examined its contents?
>	What are people's feeling toward this yet another review?
>	Is the $71 dollars plus the time and effort to examine this
>	new document a good investment?  Is the document available
>	elsewhere besides GLOBAL ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS?
>
I have not purchased the new draft, but my understanding from X3J3 is
that little has changed since the last public review.  My feeling is that
whole process is silly.  They need to just get it done.  At this point
it is particularly dumb since ISO has adopted a Fortran 90 standard (the
ANSI one will be a second standard for the US and that is something we
can ill afford in the US, particularly since software patents and other
legal hurdles are already threatening the vitality of the US computer
industry).

John Prentice
john@unmfys.unm.edu