From owner-sc22wg5+sc22wg5-dom8=www.open-std.org@open-std.org Sun Jul 10 00:05:35 2016 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 499ED35892C; Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:05:35 +0200 (CEST) Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion2.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.106]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by www.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7EA358287 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:05:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [137.79.7.57] (math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) by smtp.jpl.nasa.gov (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id u69M5DWC024378 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128 bits) verified NO) for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 15:05:16 -0700 Subject: Counter argument to the "slow down" sentiment From: Van Snyder Reply-To: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov To: sc22wg5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: Yes Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 15:05:13 -0700 Message-ID: <1468101913.25709.292.camel@math.jpl.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 (2.32.3-36.el6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-Sender: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk In a message on comp-fortran-90, a correspondent made this remark: Unless and until the pace of change can be accelerated and newer and better features can be introduced quickly and made available, keep in mind this all appears rather moot for industry. I understand the part about "and made available" depends upon available resources, and each vendor's priorities. But if we delay specifying new features, they don't get implemented at all, rather than being implemented slowly and at different times by each vendor. I prefer to have the specs laid down in the standard, not waiting in the wings until every vendor agrees the feature would be near the top of their individual customer-base priority list. I work for an organization whose motto is "Dare Mighty Things." If we don't dare anything, we don't accomplish anything.