From rinehuls@access.digex.net Tue Aug 20 00:09:21 1996 Received: from access2.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access2.digex.net [205.197.245.193]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id AAA24673 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:09:13 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access2.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA28052 ; for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:09:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:09:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" X-Sender: rinehuls@access2.digex.net To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: Document SC22 N2248 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2248 August 1996 TITLE: PL/I Project Editor's Report for the September 1996 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: N/A CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2020 DOCUMENT TYPE: Project Editor's Report ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for information or preparation of position, as applicable. THIS PROJECT EDITOR'S REPORT AND THE ISSUE CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER AGENDA ITEMS 9.4 AND 12.2.1 AT THE SEPTEMBER 1996 JTC 1/SC22 PLENARY. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ___________________________________________________________________________ To: Mr. William Rinehuls Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 From: John C. Klensin Project Editor, PL/I Subject: Project editor's report, projects 97.22.5 and 97.22.6 Project 97.22.5: Revision of ISO6160 "Programming Language PL/I" Existing standard. No activities during the last year. Project 97.22.6: ISO 6522 "General Purpose PL/I" No requests for clarifications or extensions in the last year. The Project Editor recommends that this Standard be confirmed this year, based on the observations that the language it defines is still in active use in many locations and that the availability of the Standard continues to be of use in procurements and in assessing conformance and interoperability. The technical working group assocated with the US (ANSI) PL/I projects has been polled and agrees with the conclusion that it should be confirmed. ANSI X3.74-1987 is textually identical and was reaffirmed by ANSI in 1993. Other Issues There are no significant outstanding issues affecting the PL/I standards. We remain interested in the future of other standards defined using formal or semi-formal methods, as we have concluded that these are not consistent with easy or rapid revisions or updates. _____________________________end of document SC22 N2248 _____________