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From: alm@a.UUCP (Alex Marusak)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: More 8x Information
Message-ID: <457@a.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 22:57:29 GMT
References: <68000005@convex>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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In article <68000005@convex>, psmith@convex.UUCP writes:
> . . .
>                Summary of the FORTRAN 8x Issues
> 
>                By Presley Smith and Bob Metzger
>                  CONVEX Computer Corporation
> . . .
> The main proponents of the proposed standard are government labs like
> Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, etc. . .

The statement above is, I feel, misleading.  While strong support for
Fortran 8x has been voiced by some X3J3 members working at government
labs, equally strong support has come from X3J3 members who are
private-industry Fortran users, or who are employed by universities,
or who are employed by computer software and hardware vendors.

The number of X3J3 members working for government labs and voting
'yes' on the final (and critical) roll-call vote is FOUR.  The number
of X3J3 members NOT working for government labs and voting 'yes' on
the final roll-call vote is TWENTY-TWO.

By the way, I am the X3J3 voting member from Los Alamos National
Laboratory; and on the final roll-call vote to affirm the letter
ballot, I voted 'NO'.