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From: chidsey@smoke.brl.mil (Irving Chidsey)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Fortran 90 status
Message-ID: <15972@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 25 Apr 91 14:26:10 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.202115.16119@dragon.wpd.sgi.com> <KHB.91Apr24160852@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM>
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In article <KHB.91Apr24160852@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) writes:
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<X3J3 will have a new chair by next year. WG5 will be discussing what
<happens next ("Fortran 2000" who does what, when, how, etc.) at their
<next meeting in Lund.
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<Keith H. Bierman    keith.bierman@Sun.COM| khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM
<SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33			 | (415 336 2648)   
<    Mountain View, CA 94043

	What are the relative merrits of smaller, incremental changes every
5-6 years, versus these monstrous rewrights every 12-15 years?

	The changes seem to be getting more extensive each time!

								Irv

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