From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Tue Nov 25 03:14:53 2003 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) id hAP2ErwV089419 for sc22wg5-domo; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:14:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from taka.swcp.com (taka.swcp.com [198.59.115.12]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id hAP2EgEt089398 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:14:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from walt@fortran.com) Received: from fortran.com (pcp05598289pcs.sabrna01.az.comcast.net [68.37.91.178]) by taka.swcp.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAP2FQYO073203 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:15:27 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3FC2BB36.7010802@fortran.com> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:15:18 -0700 From: Walt Brainerd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wg5 sc22 Subject: [Fwd: Fortran 20xx Request #51] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on kaimen.swcp.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk At this time, these are going only to me and the submitter, so I thought I should pass this one along, as we obviously want to do this one (right after we adopt the COME FROM statement). -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fortran 20xx Request #51 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:49:35 -0700 (MST) From: walt@fortran.com To: walt@fortran.com Date: 2003-11-24 at 18:49:34 Request number: 51 Name: Bruce A. Martin E_mail: bam@tripodics.com Title: Minimum trip count of 2, for Do loops. Description: For trip counts less than two, the IF statement suffices. Therefore lower bound for DO should be two, in the interest of language parsimony. Rationale: It will make control flow easier to understand. Impact: Oboletes a few old dusty decks, which were probably non-conforming anyhow. Specification: See Loren Meissner's comment on this subject (in Betty Holberton's backyard), in FIDS minutes circa 1978. -- Walt Brainerd +1-877-355-6640 (voice & fax) The Fortran Company +1-520-760-1397 (outside USA) 6025 N. Wilmot Road walt@fortran.com Tucson, AZ 85750 USA http://www.fortran.com