JTC1/SC22 N3268

From:ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces
Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI)
 
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3268
 
TITLE:
Pascal Report to the SC 22 Plenary

DATE ASSIGNED:
2001-07-18
 
SOURCE:
Pascal Project Editor (T. Hetherington)

BACKWARD POINTER:
N/A
 
DOCUMENT TYPE:
Other document (Open)

PROJECT NUMBER:
22.08, 22.19
 
STATUS:
This report will be reviewed at the upcoming SC 22 Plenary.  
 
ACTION IDENTIFIER:
FYI
 
DUE DATE:
  
DISTRIBUTION:
Text

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DISTRIBUTION FORM:
Open
 
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat
Matt Deane
ANSI
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Email:  mdeane@ansi.org
 
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Pascal Report to SC22 Plenary                       July 2001


The current versions of the Pascal and Extended Pascal standards 
are under maintenance within J9; no major development is 
contemplated.

During the last year, ISO/IEC 7185:1990 Pascal (the simple
language), was confirmed for a further five years.

ISO/IEC 10206:1991 (Extended Pascal) is currently due for
reconfirmation.  All the people involved in the maintenance 
of this standard firmly believe that it should be reaffirmed 
for another five years.  It is still used in various USENET 
newsgroups as a reference, and implementors of the language 
have found the definition as it stands to be very clear and 
complete; as a consequence there is not much pressure for 
revision.

It should also be recorded that there continues to be interest 
in the Pascal Validation Suite, not only for its primary purpose 
of determining adherence to ISO/IEC 7185, but also viewed as a 
set of programs to explore many aspects of implementations that 
do not set out to conform. 


Tony Hetherington
Project Editor