From owner-sc22wg5 Wed Oct 16 13:31:58 2002 Received: from iapetus.salford.ac.uk (iapetus.salford.ac.uk [146.87.255.98]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id NAA03582 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:31:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from david.vallance@salfordsoftware.co.uk) Received: (qmail 52824 invoked by alias); 16 Oct 2002 11:31:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 52817 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2002 11:31:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dmv) (146.87.2.42) by iapetus.salford.ac.uk with SMTP; 16 Oct 2002 11:31:42 -0000 From: "David Vallance" To: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:31:42 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Name of language Reply-to: david.vallance@salfordsoftware.co.uk Message-ID: <3DAD5C2E.32216.94FEDA@localhost> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Hello, Choosing Fortran 2002 is logical and the palindromic aspect is a bonus but, in common usage, people are not going to write or say "Fortran 2002" but, probably, something like "Fortran-oh-two" or its non- English equivalent. This usage will not convey the up-to-date nature of the new language. Regards David David M Vallance Managing Director, Salford Software Ltd, Lancastrian Office Centre, Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M32 0FP Tel: +44 (0) 161 906 1002 Fax: +44 (0) 161 906 1003 Email: david.vallance@salfordsoftware.co.uk www.salfordsoftware.co.uk