Fortran for the 1980's
The new standard Fortran 77 has not been available long, but the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) committee X3J3 responsible for Fortran standardization is already working on the next revision. Since the result of this work will be a candidate for an international (ISO) standard, it is important that work being done now become known to all persons interested in Fortran. A new set of problems related to the accommodation of related standards in data base management and real-time process control, as well as the ever-increasing size of the language, have caused the standardization committee to consider some new approaches to the development of the next standard. These new approaches and many of the new features that probably will be in the next Fortran standard are described. It is hoped that this presentation will stimulate comments and suggestions in time to include them before work on the next standard is completed. 2 figures.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5124254
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-79-3294; CONF-801001-2; CONF-801012-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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