From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Tue Dec 9 19:29:26 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom7 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom7@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 4620CCA5FEF; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:29:26 +0100 (CET) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mail1.cray.com (mail1.cray.com [136.162.0.111]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D76CA343D for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:29:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from beaver.us.cray.com (beaver.us.cray.com [172.30.74.51]) by mail1.cray.com (8.13.6/8.13.3/gw-5323) with ESMTP id mB9ITMcY018100 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:29:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from CFEXFE01.us.cray.com (cfexfe01.us.cray.com [172.30.74.93]) by beaver.us.cray.com (8.13.8/8.13.3/hub-5273) with ESMTP id mB9ITLXA013952; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:29:21 -0600 Received: from mh-dhcp-172-31-16-160.us.cray.com ([172.31.16.160]) by CFEXFE01.us.cray.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:29:22 -0600 Message-ID: <493EB985.5020506@cray.com> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:31:33 -0600 From: Bill Long Reply-To: longb@cray.com Organization: Cray Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fortran standards email list for J3 Cc: sc22wg5@open-std.org Subject: Re: (j3.2006) (SC22WG5.3793) [ukfortran] Ballot on the technical content of the TR References: <20081127193527.EF00DC178D9@www2.open-std.org> <20081208024650.76234C4596C@www2.open-std.org> <20081208154207.B50ABC178E0@www2.open-std.org> <493DDCA3.3050104@sun.com> <20081209044540.E9F0AC178E5@www2.open-std.org> <493E0084.1020206@sun.com> <20081209063036.65499CA343D@www2.open-std.org> <20081209114032.1E486C178D6@www2.open-std.org> <20081209171008.72868CA3439@www2.open-std.org> <20081209181025.37584C178D6@www2.open-std.org> In-Reply-To: <20081209181025.37584C178D6@www2.open-std.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Dec 2008 18:29:22.0135 (UTC) FILETIME=[0E46C670:01C95A2C] X-Cray-VirusStatus: clean Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk The TR proposal to ISO is N1667. Cheers, Bill N.M. Maclaren wrote: > On Dec 9 2008, Bill Long wrote: > >> And how is that relevant to the TR? There seems to be continued >> confusion on this issue, so I'll repeat it one more time (and hopefully >> only once more): The vast bulk of the TR has nothing to do with MPI and >> was never intended to have anything to do with MPI. The original mandate >> for the TR, passed by WG5, is not about MPI. >> > > Unless and until you put something in that document stating what > requirements it is intended to address, you will continue to cause such > confusion. At the VERY LEAST, you should contain a reference to another > document that says what your mandate is and why it was set up. > > I remain completely in the dark about why you are attempting what you are > trying to do, which makes it very hard to comment effectively. And please > note that I asked for the reasons and not a summary of your approach, which > I can reverse engineer from N1761. > > Regards, > Nick Maclaren, > University of Cambridge Computing Service, > New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. > Email: nmm1@cam.ac.uk > Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 > > _______________________________________________ > J3 mailing list > J3@j3-fortran.org > http://j3-fortran.org/mailman/listinfo/j3 > -- Bill Long longb@cray.com Fortran Technical Support & voice: 651-605-9024 Bioinformatics Software Development fax: 651-605-9142 Cray Inc., 1340 Mendota Heights Rd., Mendota Heights, MN, 55120