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From: robertd@tektronix.UUCP (Bob Dietrich)
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Subject: Re: Graphics Standards Information!
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 16:48:55 EST
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>                     ...  The Pascal binding is under development in 
> X3H3 and is going forward in the ISO arena as well (with significant
> participation from the British Standards Institute and other
> countries); likewise the Ada language binding.  ...
> 
> Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 487-4100 x4664
> net:  {allegra|ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax}!hplabs!hp-sdd!andrea 

For the sake of credit where credit is due, Mel Slater of Queen Mary College,
London, UK, is the author of the Pascal-GKS binding. He has been doing (in my
opinion) a fantastic job of coordinating changes with the ANSI X3H34 Language
Bindings task group. I have been representing the interests of the ANSI
X3J9/IEEE Joint Pascal Committee (JPC) as official liason to X3H3 (and X3H34),
and have participated at the ISO level.

There will be a meeting in London April 1-3 to resolve comments on the recent
ISO ballot on the Pascal-GKS binding. Although I have not heard anything
about how all the various countries voted, it appears the major issue will be
the use of variant record parameters for some of the GKS procedures. I will
be attending, so if you want any comments passed along, please contact me.

                                              Bob Dietrich
                                              Tektronix, Inc.
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P.S. The Ada binding has indeed been developed by X3H3 members (primarily
Geri Cuthbert).