> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > . . . The only reason block-IF got into Fortran 77 at all is that the
> > editor snuck it in without authorization.
Walt Brainerd <[log in to unmask]> replied:
> Huh? This was done with a written proposal that was debated
> extensively by the full committee and passed with a regular
> vote. I wrote first version of the proposal and I certainly
> was not the editor.
>
> The only thing a little sneaky was that we convinced the
> folks in Washington that this was not a large change and so
> the document didn't need another public review (the rules
> about this were quite a bit looser than they are now).
My mistake. I was only repeating rumors I had heard. Thanks are due to
Walt for setting this straight.
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