From Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Sat Feb 3 15:48:06 1996 Received: from mixcom.mixcom.com (mixcom.mixcom.com [198.137.186.100]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA21343 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:48:02 +0100 Received: from 156.46.42.232 by mixcom.mixcom.com (8.6.12/2.2) id IAA19783; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 08:45:15 -0600 Message-Id: <199602031445.IAA19783@mixcom.mixcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 03 Feb 96 08:47:05 -0600 From: Craig Dedo Subject: Re: (x3j3.1996-50) Status of Fortran 95 CD (FOR X3J3/136) To: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk (Miles Ellis) Cc: WG5 Mailing List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Dear Miles: On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk (Miles Ellis) wrote: >Dear X3J3 members, > > In view of some of the other comments that >have recently been floating round the air-waves, however, it is perhaps >worth re-iterating that the time for any new technical changes is past. We >are now tidying up the document that has been approved. ANY NEW ISSUES >MUST WAIT UNTIL FORTRAN 2000, OR ELSE FORTRAN 95 WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL >1997, OR EVEN LATER. > >Have a good meeting, and I hope that those of you who have been suffering >in extreme cold will enjoy the sun! > >Miles I suppose that you have noticed the recent discussion titled "Fodder for Meeting", which addresses the issue of discrepancies between various keywords for OPEN, READ, WRITE, and INQUIRE which take INTEGER values. Some of these require default integers while others will take any kind of integer which is defined on the processor. From some of the discussion it is apparent that this discrepancy is unintentional. Letting the current situation continue creates effectiveness problems for some classes of large files. It also creates portability problems. From the remarks that I put on the WG5 Mailing List in the past few days, you are aware that I believe that we should fix this problem ASAP. However, I do not know what the best method of pursuing this fix is. What is your recommendation? ---------- Sincerely, Craig T. Dedo Internet: Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Elmbrook Computer Services Voice Phone: (414) 783-5869 17130 W. Burleigh Place Brookfield, WI 53005 Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. USA They do NOT represent any organization. "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin