Jing Guo wrote:
> Richard Maine wrote:
>
>> On Feb 19, 2004, at 5:41 PM, Jing Guo wrote:
>
> What if the petition was meant to retire FORTRAN features
> from Fortran 2003 or later? Would that make any difference?
> Anyway, that was how I interperate the petition by reading
> the statements.
I didn't read it that way. I assumed he wants J3 to disband
(not that that would necessarily cause Fortran to go away).
> I can see how certain implementation of "retiring FORTRAN"
> may stop many people's work. Other implementations may not.
> For instance, isn't F another attempt to "retiring FORTRAN",
> in a less dramatic way?
If you mean in the sense I think the petition meant it--I
certainly hope not. F is meant to *promote* Fortran. If
you mean it might help retire certain crusty old features,
then certainly, yes.
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