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From: khb@fatcity.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman Sun Tactical Engineering)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: so much for X3J3
Keywords: WG5, standard, wasted everybody's time
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Date: 11 Apr 89 23:56:53 GMT
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In article <863@a.lanl.gov> alm@a.lanl.gov (Alex Marusak) writes:
>Some comments cry out for a response:
>
>In article <98041@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, khb@fatcity.Sun.COM (fatcity) writes:
>> .....
>> Wrong. The sad fact is that the much of the US public comment was
>> clearly misinformed....  Of the comment that was sensible,
>> much was accepted. It should be noted that the informed commentators
>> requested basically what WG5 did....
>> 
>Some of us on X3J3 disagree with the sentiment expressed above.

True. I should have toned down the reaction. My aplogies to anyone who
has taken offense.

>
>There will be a second public review period for Fortran 8x.  If you
>are one of the people who took the time and made the effort to comment
>the first time around, and you felt a jolt of adrenaline upon reading
>that "The sad fact is that much of the US public comment was clearly
>misinformed...", you will have another chance to comment.  Do so.

Hear! Hear!

Cheers
Keith H. Bierman
It's Not My Fault ---- I Voted for Bill & Opus