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From: khb@chiba.Sun.COM (chiba)
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Subject: Re: Responses to M. Shapiro & K. Bierma
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Date: 18 Apr 89 18:43:08 GMT
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In article <44400035@hcx2> bill@hcx2.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
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>Having been present at the X3J3 meetings over the past year when most of
>the "WG5 vs. U.S." debate was going on, I will strongly differ with Keith
>Bierman on what the major topic was.  It was NOT, repeat NOT, pointers!
>The _form_ of pointer was hotly debated, yes.  But the major source of
>contention was not what to ADD, it was what to DELETE from FORTRAN/8x.

Upon reflection, I agree with Bill that this has been the key debate.
I personally do not think there was anything in the proposal that
could be usefully deleted.



Keith H. Bierman           |*My thoughts are my own. Only my work belongs to Sun*
It's Not My Fault          |	Marketing Technical Specialist 
-- I Voted for Bill & Opus |   Languages and Performance Tools. 
(* strange as it may seem, I do more engineering now     *)