Subject: SC 22 N 3147 - SC 22/WG 21 Business Plan/Convener's Report

From: Lisa Rajchel <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:38:24 -0400

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces 
Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
N3147

TITLE:
SC 22/WG 21 Business Plan/Convener's Report 
DATE ASSIGNED:
2000-08-17

SOURCE:
T. Plum, Convener, SC 22/WG 21
BACKWARD POINTER:
N/A

DOCUMENT TYPE:
Other (Defined)
PROJECT NUMBER:

STATUS:
This document will be discussed under Agenda Item 8.13 at the JTC 1/SC 22
Plenary Meeting. 
ACTION IDENTIFIER:
FYI to SC22 Member Bodies
DUE DATE:
N/A

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Business Plan and Convener's Report
ISO/IEC JTCI/SC22/WG21(C++)

Document: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 N____
PERIOD COVERED:
September 1999 - September 2000
SUBMITTED BY:
Convener, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG2l
Thomas Plum
Plum Hall Inc.
3 Waihona Box 44610
Kamuela HI 96-743
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Phone: +1 808 882 1255
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1.	MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

	1.1	JTCI/SC22/WG21 STATEMENT OF SCOPE Development and
maintenance of ISO/IEC  Standards related to the programming language C++.
	1.2.	PROJECT REPORT

		1.2.1.	COMPLETED PROJECTS
			JTC1.22.32- Programming Language C++ - This project
was delivered by the publishing of ISO/IEC 14882:1998.
		1.2.2.	PROJECTS UNDERWAY
			JTC 1.22.18015 Information Technology - Programming
Languages  Technical Report on C++ Performance (Technical Report Type 3)
		1.2.3.	CANCELLED PROJECTS 
			None over this period.
		1.2.4.	COOPERATION and COMPETITION 
			Where appropriate, WG21 has established liaisons
with other SC22 working groups. There is no apparent direct competition with
any other current SC22 working group.
2.	PERIOD REVIEW

	2.1.	MARKET REQUIREMENTS
		ISO C++ remains a widely-used foundation technology,
well-received in the marketplace. WG21 is developing responses to Defect
Reports, and has begun work on a Technical Report on C++ Performance.
	2.2.	ACHIEVEMENTS
	2.3.	RESOURCES
		WG14 meets two times per year in co-located technical
sessions with the US committee J16. Over the past year, WG21 has timed its
technical Sessions to catenate with WG14, allowing those technical experts
that would like to attend both technical sessions the opportunity to do so.
(The convener of WG21 wishes to thank the convener of WG14 for valiant
efforts at harmonious liaison and for the template of this report.) Twelve
countries participate by attending these meetings or by being involved in
the technical discussions that take place over the reflector. The countries
are: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan,
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK, and the USA.  Switzerland has announced its
intention to participate in WG21. WG21 has been monitoring the
cross-language standards activities, and are using the ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG20
guidelines on extended characters.
		The most recent WG21 liaison appointments have not attended
WG21 recently.  Currently active is only one liaison:
WG14 C Thomas Plum
3.	FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD

	3.1.	DELIVERABLES 
		Due in June 2001 is the PDTR for JTC 1.22.18015 Information
Technology  Programming Languages  Technical Report on C++ Performance
(Technical Report Type 3)
	3.2.	STRATEGIES
		WG believes that routine handling will suffice to complete
the progress desired.
	3.3.	RISKS 
		No problems are anticipated.
	3.4.	OPPORTUNITIES
		WG21 has developed internal procedures for receiving,
logging, and Addressing Defect Reports, consistent with JTC1 and SC22
directives.  Some new features: the moderators of the newsgroup comp.std.c++
play a role in the initial DR processing, and the WG21 web page provides
reasonably current DR status information.
	3.5.	WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES

4.	OTHER ITEMS

	4.1.	POSSIBLE ACTION REQUESTS AT FORTHCOMING PLENARY The project
editor for Technical Report on C++ Performance moved to Ireland and has left
the employer that supported his work. Fortunately for WG21, the WG21 HoD
from Ireland, Martin O'Riordan has volunteered to assume the responsibility
of project editor.  WG21 requests that SC22 appoint Martin O'Riordan as
project editor of the Technical Report on C++ Performance.
	4.2	PROJECT EDITORS
		The following inidividuals have been appointed project
editors and backup Project editors:
JTC1.22.32, Programming Language C++, Andrew Koenig (Project Editor)
Thomas Plum (Backup Project Editor).
JTC1.22.18015, Technical Report on C++ Performance, Project Editor is needed
(see 4.1 above).
	4.3	ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION WG21 has conducted much of
its detailed technical discussion using the Email Reflector provided by AT&T
Labs and Andrew Koenig.  WG21 also has An FTP and Web site provided by
courtesy of the Danish UNIX Users Group And Keld Simonsen.  WG21 is now
providing all the appropriate committee Documents on the Committee Web site,
reducing the need for paper mailings.
	4.4	RECENT MEETINGS

No.; Date; Location; Standards Body; Corporate Sponsor 
--- --------------- ------------------ -------------------------------- 
18	Mar 9-14, 1997 Nashua, NH, USA ANSI; Digital Equip. Corp. 
19	Jul 13-18, 1997 Cambridge, UK BSI; Programming Research 
20	Nov 9-14, 1997 New Jersey, USA ANSI; AT&T 
21	Mar 8-13, 1998 Sophia Antipolis, FR AFNOR; Ilog 
22	Oct 6-9, 1998 Santa Cruz, CA, USA ANSI; SGI, Plum Hall, Perennial 
23	Apr 11-16, 1999 Dublin, Ireland Irish Standards; O'Riordan
24	Oct 20-26, 1999 Kona, Hawaii, USA ANSI; Plum Hall 
25	Apr 17-21, 2000 Tokyo, Japan ITSCJ; NEC 

4.5 FUTURE MEETINGS
26  Oct 23-27, 2000 Toronto, ON, Canada Standards Canada; 
		IBM, PeerDirect, Xerox 
27  Apr 30-May 4, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark; Danish Standards

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