From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Tue Feb 28 01:40:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-domo2 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-domo2@open-std.org Received: by open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 47FDA1B59D; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:40:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from dkuug.dk (ptah.dkuug.dk [195.215.30.66]) by open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 938311B558 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mfbak.jpl.nasa.gov (mfbak.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.179]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k1S1deZb072383 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:39:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from van.snyder@jpl.nasa.gov) Received: from nmta3.jpl.nasa.gov (nmta3.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.108]) by mfbak.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k1S1Fg6c007455 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:42 -0800 Received: from xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.56]) by nmta3.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k1S1FX9a001478 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:33 -0800 Received: from mls.jpl.nasa.gov (mls.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.84]) by xmta2.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k1S1FXt8025123 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:33 -0800 Received: from math.jpl.nasa.gov (math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) by mls.jpl.nasa.gov (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k1S1DnOF002441 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:13:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from math.jpl.nasa.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by math.jpl.nasa.gov (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k1S1FX2U015791 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:33 -0800 Received: (from vsnyder@localhost) by math.jpl.nasa.gov (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id k1S1FWQP015790 for sc22wg5@dkuug.dk; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:32 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: math.jpl.nasa.gov: vsnyder set sender to van.snyder@jpl.nasa.gov using -f Subject: TS for Co-Array Fortran? From: Van Snyder Reply-To: van.snyder@jpl.nasa.gov To: sc22wg5 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:15:32 -0800 Message-Id: <1141089332.25306.131.camel@math.jpl.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-22) X-Source-IP: mls.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.84] X-Source-Sender: van.snyder@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Internal IP X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk It may be desirable to publish a standard for Co-Array Fortran, using the ISO "Technical Specification" (formerly Type-2 Technical Report) mechanism. First, it might be published well before the 2008 standard. This would encourage earlier implementations. Second, it could be posed as a revision of the 2003 standard, allowing vendors to figure out exactly how it amends Fortran 2003, rather than hoping they can figure that out from the 2008 standard. This also would encourage earlier implementations. Third, if development work on Co-Array Fortran is not largely complete at the next J3 meeting, it may mean slipping the schedule for Fortran 2008. If it is developed as a TS, and development work is essentially completed during the integration phase of the 2008 standard, even if the TS is not published by then, it can be incorporated then, perhaps without slipping the 2008 standard's schedule. This essentially allows nearly an extra year for primary development work for Co-Array Fortran. Fourth, the current state of development work, together with papers already written, means the additional work to produce a Technical Specification as opposed to simply plugging along to integrate it into Fortran 2008, is nearly complete. -- Van Snyder | What fraction of Americans believe Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov | Wrestling is real and NASA is fake? Any alleged opinions are my own and have not been approved or disapproved by JPL, CalTech, NASA, the President, or anybody else.