Abstract
Since 1979, the Fortran standardization committee, X3J3, has been labouring over a draft for the next version of the standard. Its initial intention of publishing this draft in 1982 was hopelessly optimistic, and at best it may be ready this year. However, a number of fundamental issues have been thrown up over the past two years, such that it is clear that unanimity cannot be achieved: efficiency versus functionality; safety versus obsolescence; small and simple or big and powerful?This paper reviews the current state and content of Fortran 8x, and attempts to bring out some of the controversial issues surrounding its development.
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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