The list is also archived.
One of the things that I did after
Taking over was to stop the deletion
Of old messages.
The list archive goes back to 1997.
It is also searchable.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/comp-fortran-90.html
Cheers
Ian Chivers
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From: Fortran 90 List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Jan van Oosterwijk
Sent: 03 February 2005 14:18
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Subject: Re: How to make Standards
At 19:05 03-02-2005 +0900, Malcolm wrote:
>James Giles said (re his generic proposal).
> > OK, I'll describe it yet again. The venue will be comp.lang.fortran.
>
>Why "yet again" when you've never described it here?
>
>In fact, I find clf (or any newsgroup) much less convenient than an
>email list, and trying to have a technical discussion there is like
>doing it in a crowded pub on a Saturday night, except without beer.
I very much agree with Malcolm here ...
c.l.f looks often like a boxing ring or even war theatre.
I read (part of) James' first contibution on c.l.f, but if I want to keep it
I must do things like copy and paste. E-mail gets automatically into my file
system. I just have to file it in a dedicated mailbox.
> > I'll stretch it WAY out so that maybe it'll look big and complex
>
>I was just asking, no need to get sarky just because I've never seen
>your (non)proposal.
>
>Later you write:
> >Since it's WWWAAAYYY to early to have any official consideration
>...
> >the idea should be rejected out of hand
>
>So, you don't want us (the committee) to talk about your proposal.
>(Maybe I won't make the effort to find it on clf after all then.) You
>just want us to ignore things that users other than yourself have
>already sent to us.
>
>Thanks for making that clear.
>
> >Especially now, since there is a "CC&R" version coming up that
> >shouldn't have any major new features.
>
>I don't know where you got that from, since that's not what is coming
>up at all. It is to be a minor revision. That does not exclude new
>features, even substantial new features, though the overall amount of
>change is going to be limited by the schedule.
>
>Yes, there are a number of people who would prefer that there be no
>major new features for F2008, but actually I think they are probably in
>the minority. Myself, I'm intending to judge the proposals on their
>merits (and feasibility in the context of the schedule).
I hope to live till the next version of Fortran :-)
>Cheers,
>--
>...........................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo, Japan.
> ([log in to unmask])
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