From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Thu Apr 30 18:07:41 2009 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 0E6B9C56CF8; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:07:41 +0200 (CET DST) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org X-Greylist: delayed 818 seconds by postgrey-1.18 at www2.open-std.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:07:40 CET DST Received: from mk-filter-2-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-filter-2-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.100.53]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A65C178E4 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:07:28 +0200 (CET DST) X-Trace: 190892695/mk-filter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-THROTTLED-DYNAMIC/b2c-CUSTOMER-DYNAMIC-IP/88.104.196.180/None/d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 88.104.196.180 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-MUA: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApwCAAJm+UlYaMS0/2dsb2JhbAAI0DuDfwU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,273,1238972400"; d="txt'?scan'208";a="190892695" Received: from 88-104-196-180.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO [192.168.1.3]) ([88.104.196.180]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2009 16:53:46 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Message-Id: <6C9160CD-C5DA-464E-BE96-64B09A36AC89@bcs.org.uk> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-806629544 From: David Muxworthy Subject: UK activity report for WG5 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:53:54 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk --Apple-Mail-1-806629544 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; x-unix-mode=0644; name=N1777.txt Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=N1777.txt ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5-N1777 BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (IST/5) UK National Activity Report presented to the meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 (Fortran), Las Vegas, NV, USA, May 4 - 8, 2009 Membership and meetings In the comparatively short time since the previous WG5 meeting there have been no changes relative to the report in WG5-N1757. BSI Programming Languages Committee There have been no Fortran-related JTC1 or SC22 ballots since the last WG5 meeting; the SC22 ballot on Technical Corrigendum 4 is open at the time of writing. Members of the Fortran panel took part in the discussion leading to the UK vote on PDTR 24772 "Guidelines to avoiding vulnerabilities in language selection and use". Activity The principal activity of panel members has been participation in the email discussions on technical aspects of coarrays and on the draft TR on Further Interoperability. It was reported six months ago that there were divisions of opinion on the document amongst both panel members and those members of the UK public who had taken part in discussions. Since then there has been no movement towards consensus. While some are keen to have access to the new features, many of the panel believe that it would be premature to proceed to FCD while some coarray features are still actively being developed. Despite WG5's decision at the previous meeting, there also remains a body of opinion (cf UK comment 1 in WG5-N1740) that it would be inappropriate to proceed to FCD before the full Fortran 2003 language has been exposed to a wider range of users. Acknowledgement The BSI Fortran Panel gratefully acknowledges financial support from the British Computer Society Specialist Groups Executive Committee and from an individual benefactor. David Muxworthy IST/5/-/5 (Fortran) Convenor April 30, 2009 --Apple-Mail-1-806629544--