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From: jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: What to call next version (was: Implicit parameters ...)
Message-ID: <14244@lanl.gov>
Date: 11 Feb 91 20:46:47 GMT
References: <7797@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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From article <7797@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, by wsb@boise.Eng.Sun.COM (Walt Brainerd):
> [...]
> [What are you going to call the next version--"Fortran Extended Extended"?]

Well, I don't know if there's much hope, but I'd like "Fortran yy"
(with 'yy' designating year numbers) to always refer to the Fortran
programming language and not to this thing X3J3 has recently put
together.  So, maybe we could get a Fortran 95 (based on Fortran 77
with the standardization of common vendor extensions - in other words,
standardize common practice).

I know.  Walt will jump all over this suggestion.  This is the only
article I will submit on this subject as I don't want to get into
the same argument yet again.

J. Giles