Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!eos!eugene From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Standardization (of FORTRAN, Ada, ect.) Message-ID: <1998@eos.UUCP> Date: 25 Nov 88 05:41:33 GMT References: <395@ubbpc.UUCP> <311@csun1.UUCP> Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Distribution: na Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 19 > Comments about standardizing inter-language interfaces. Far more important is to flood the educational market with cheap compilation systems. DEC's common code generation system and some Pascal implementations using a FORTRAN reserved word were cited. Far more important was the availability of a cheap parser to bootstrap later more portable compilers (the 6400's P1-P4 series of parsers). Standards tend to be after the fact documents, not blueprints for what should be (with some notable exceptions). Good decisions iterated carefully over time make good final products. Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "Mailers?! HA!", "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {uunet,hplabs,ncar,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene "Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize."