From jwagener@ionet.net Mon Mar 11 01:04:30 1996 Received: from ion3.ionet.net (ion3.ionet.net [204.96.200.8]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id BAA13180 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 01:04:27 +0100 Received: from erehwon (tsip145.ionet.net [206.28.164.154]) by ion3.ionet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA17309; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:57:38 -0600 X-Mailer: InterCon TCP/Connect II 2.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <9603101636.AA32936@erehwon> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:36:32 -0500 From: "Jerrold L. Wagener" To: emili@nepal.udg.es Cc: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk, hpff@cs.rice.edu Subject: Re: (x3j3.1996-73) NSS Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed;boundary=part_AD68B58F0006123100000003 --part_AD68B58F0006123100000003 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: Inline Dr. Besalu, thank you for your note about NSS. By copy of this reply I will forward = it to both the international Fortran standards group (SC22/WG5) and = the group instrumental in developing FORALL parallelism (HPFF). I'm afraid you're too late for Fortran 95, as that has essentially gone = to press, but WG5 is calling now for proposed requirements for Fortran = 2000. You might want to contact Dr. Miles Ellis (miles.ellis@= etrc.ox.ac.uk) with regard to submiting such a proposal. The procedure = is that such proposals are submited by national bodies to WG5 - Dr. = Ellis can put you in touch with the appropriate contact in Spain. I'm sure that those individuals in X3J3, WG5, and HPFF interested in = high performance and in better mouse traps, so to speak, will look at = NSS on the web page you provided. But there is no guarantee that any = will champion its cause; as with most anything, the best approach is = to champion it yourself within these various groups. Thanks again for your note, and let me know if there is anything more I = can do to assist you in this matter. Jerry Wagener chair, X3J3 jwagener@ionet.net jwagener@cs.uoknor.edu =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > =20 > I know you are related to the standards of Fortran 95. I'm a=20 > programmer using this language and I have developed an algorithm=20 > called Nested Summation Symbol (NSS) which is close related to the=20 > FORALL sentence. Although the NSS is more general.=20 > It is also parallellizable. I think it is undoubtedly a better choice=20 > than the FORALL sentence. A NSS symbolizes AN ARBITRARY number=20 > of summation symbols or DO LOOPS. This is the main difference between=20 > the FORALL sentence and the NSS. The FORALL sentence allows only=20 > the representation of a FIXED number of summation symbols or loops.=20 > =20 > I wonder if you may be interested into this new algorithm. In this=20 > case you can contact me via E-mail. Also I invite you to see my WWW=20 > page at the location http://stark.udg.es/cat/emili.html.=20 > There you can find more information about the NSS: code,=20 > examples, references, and more.=20 > =20 > In some papers I have suggested the implementation of the NSS into=20 > the high level languages, such as Fortran or C.=20 > =20 > Please, do not hesitate to visit my WWW page.=20 > =20 > Perhaps the NSS construct may be worth to be included into the=20 > Fortran 95 standard.=20 > =20 > Please, give me an answer! (at least in order to know if this message=20 > has been read) Thanks for your attention.=20 > =20 > Bye ! =20 > =20 > E. Besal=A3=20 > =20 --part_AD68B58F0006123100000003 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: Inline ========================================== Jerrold L. Wagener jwagener@ionet.net 6 E 5th, Suite 308 918-592-3023 Tulsa, OK 74103 --part_AD68B58F0006123100000003--