From owner-sc22wg5+sc22wg5-dom8=www.open-std.org@open-std.org Fri Sep 30 15:14:27 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www.open-std.org Received: by www.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 3EBFA3568EB; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:14:27 +0200 (CEST) Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mailrelay2.lrz-muenchen.de (mailrelay2.lrz-muenchen.de [129.187.254.102]) by www.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B90AE3568CA for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:14:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from postout2.mail.lrz.de ([10.156.6.19] [10.156.6.19]) by mailrelay2.lrz-muenchen.de with ESMTP; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:58 +0200 Received: from BADWLRZ-SWHBT2.ads.mwn.de (BADWLRZ-SWHBT2.ads.mwn.de [IPv6:2001:4ca0:0:108::126]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by postout2.mail.lrz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4862EA5108; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from BADWLRZ-SWMBX1.ads.mwn.de ([fe80::11b4:b130:c4e2:2d0e]) by BADWLRZ-SWHBT2.ads.mwn.de ([fe80::5951:9dc3:7b2b:14ba%13]) with mapi id 14.01.0339.001; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:57 +0200 From: "Bader, Reinhold" To: "N.M. Maclaren" , David Muxworthy CC: "sc22wg5@open-std.org" Subject: AW: (SC22WG5.4546) [ukfortran] Comments on the technical content of the coarray TS Thread-Topic: (SC22WG5.4546) [ukfortran] Comments on the technical content of the coarray TS Thread-Index: AQHMf3AwPfM/9XocV0O7hJJ1xf3BSZVl5nSg Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:13:57 +0000 Message-Id: <166ED263DF83324D9A3BA67FB6772B2B26679809@BADWLRZ-SWMBX1.ads.mwn.de> References: <20110928104528.40F3C3568E7@www.open-std.org> <20110930113900.C09F63568CA@www.open-std.org> <20110930125502.893513568E1@www.open-std.org> In-Reply-To: <20110930125502.893513568E1@www.open-std.org> Accept-Language: de-DE, en-US Content-Language: de-DE X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [129.187.48.251] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk >=20 > On Sep 30 2011, David Muxworthy wrote: > > > >As author of the minutes and resolutions, I have to admit that they are > >pretty minimal. However my recollection of the discussion at the > >WG5 meeting was that N1858 was to be shredded, annihilated, trashed, > >100% forgotten about and that we would start again from scratch by > >first asking anew for user requirements, then producing an Objectives > >and Rationale document and only thirdly specifying syntax and > >semantics. I was surprised then at the BCS Fortran Group AGM when the > >discussion seemed to imply that the coarray TS would essentially be > >N1858 with variations. > > > >Perhaps others at the meeting could confirm or contradict my > >impression. >=20 > My recollection is that was definitely favoured by some of the people, bu= t > opposed by others, and the consensus was that it might be used as input b= ut > should not be regarded as a basis. Agreed. >=20 > My understanding of the consensus was the first stage should be to ask fo= r user > input (now done), and the second to produce an Objectives and Requirement= s > document, which would then be circulated to WG5 by Email for comments and > informal consensus. Only then would the detailed design be started. This would also be my preference. >=20 > Regards, > Nick Maclaren. Regards Reinhold