Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: What to call next version Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 22:36:12 GMT References: <7797@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <14244@lanl.gov> <7822@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 20 In-reply-to: wsb@boise.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 11 Feb 91 22:30:06 GMT ...description of what future standards work should be, was, etc.... I think we should aim for two goals: 1) five years out, we should have a compendum of technical fixes, adjudications, etc. to cement "f90" 2) ten years out, we should have the next incremental changes. we should try to hold the dates, and slip the functionality this time; delaying the document doesn't seem to improve its quality, nor to settle the differences between the various parties. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043