From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Thu May 22 18:46:13 2003 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) id h4MGkDea033211 for sc22wg5-domo; Thu, 22 May 2003 18:46:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.125]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h4MGjwEc033206 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 18:46:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Craig_Dedo@execpc.com) Received: from execpc.com (d154.as4.nwbl1.wi.voyager.net [169.207.117.92]) by out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A18792EFB for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 11:46:54 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3ECCFF23.7020404@execpc.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:47:31 -0500 From: Craig Dedo Reply-To: Craig Dedo Organization: Elmbrook Computer Services User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: WG5 Mailing List Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2729) Name of the language References: <200305022236.h42MaukZ085984@dkuug.dk> <200305221604.h4MG48S1032762@dkuug.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk Dear All: I could go either way on this. I have a slight preference for "Fortran 2000", mostly because it shortens nicely to the nickname of "F2K". I am willing to go along with "Fortran 2003" if that is what the majority prefers. I will admit that John's first reason is a very good reason for changing the name to "Fortran 2003". John Reid wrote: > Dear all, > > We have been using the name Fortran 2000 since the meeting in Oulu > (2000) when the following straw vote was taken (see N1418): > > Should the name be: > > Fortran 2000 9 > Fortran 200x 2 > Undecided 4 > > This was in the context of what name to use in the resolutions. The > decision itself did not make it into a resolution. > > Since then, I have been determined as Convener to avoid discussing the > name since such a discussion can be a big time waster. But now that > (hopefully) the technical content is chosen, I would like to switch > the name to Fortran 2003. My reasons are > > 1. It corresponds to past practice of basing the name on the year in > which the technical content is chosen. > > 2. It will allow for a minor revision to Fortran 2008, or whatever. > > 3. Fortran 2000 as a name sounds dated. > > Comments, please. > > > Best wishes, > > John. -- Sincerely, Craig T. Dedo 17130 W. Burleigh Place E-mail: Craig_Dedo@execpc.com Brookfield, WI 53005-2759 Voice Phone: (262) 783-5869 USA Fax Phone: (262) 783-5928 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)