From owner-sc22wg5 Wed Oct 16 13:33:56 2002 Received: from nameserv.rl.ac.uk (nameserv.rl.ac.uk [130.246.135.129]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA03618 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:33:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jkr@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk) Received: from jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk [130.246.8.20]) by nameserv.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA24000 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:33:48 +0100 Received: (from jkr@localhost) by jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) id MAA11785 for SC22WG5@dkuug.dk; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:37:46 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:37:46 +0100 (BST) From: John Reid Message-Id: <200210161137.MAA11785@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk> To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: (SC22WG5.2605) Name of language MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ----- Begin Included Message ----- From: "David Vallance" X-Sequence: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk 2605 Errors-To: SC22WG5-request@dkuug.dk 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: (SC22WG5.2605) Name of language Reply-to: david.vallance@salfordsoftware.co.uk 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 ----- End Included Message -----