From rinehuls@access.digex.net Tue Sep 3 19:40:49 1996 Received: from ratatosk.DK.net (root@ratatosk.DK.net [193.88.44.22]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA25302 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 19:40:48 +0200 Received: from access2.digex.net (qlYBsVTekvXHY@access2.digex.net [205.197.245.193]) by ratatosk.DK.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA10234 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 19:40:45 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access2.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA09840 ; for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:57:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:57:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" X-Sender: rinehuls@access2.digex.net To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: Document SC22 N2259 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 N2259 September 1996 TITLE: WG9 Convener'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: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Convener's Report ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for action. THIS CONVENER'S REPORT WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER AGENDA ITEMS 8.4 AND 12.5.1 AT THE SEPTEMBER 1996 JTC1/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 _________________________________________________________________________ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 WG9 Ada Annual Report of the Convener to SC22 August 31, 1996 Potential New Work Items (not now being proposed, for information only) Guidelines for Producing High-Integrity Systems Using Ada -- WG9 has a rapporteur group on Annex H of the Ada standard. We expect them to go beyond just maintenance activities and they are discussing the scope and goals of a potential new work item. Java byte codes -- there is considerable interest in the Ada community about using the Java virtual machine as a target for Ada compilation. WG9 wants to participate in any activity in this area. Specific Ada bindings -- a major activity in the Ada community involves various bindings and linkages to other systems and languages. The AJPO (Ada Joint Program Office, US Department of Defense) has funded some projects in this area. The Ada Resource Association (a trade association of Ada vendors) also has a project for an Ada Common Environment (ACE) which involves bindings and linkages. Individuals active in WG9 are also active on these projects. This work is building on the language interfaces (particularly to C) specified in the standard. Electronic Availability of Standards and Information About Work WG9 and the Ada community have always made information about its standards publicly available. Standards, drafts, comments, suggestions, and information about WG9 are, have been, and should remain publicly and freely available through electronic means. New Convener Having served as Convener of this working/experts group since its initial formation (with the exception of two years doing Lisp and Prolog) under SC5 in 1983 and worked with at least 3 SC Chairmen, 3 Secretariats, and 5 US Heads of Delegation, I have decided to retire. I'm not leaving the Ada community, but it is time for someone else to take over the leadership of WG9. I have put out a general call for volunteers and have received many positive responses. The requirements for management support and multi-year commitment will not have been met by the Plenary in September, so we (WG9 and the US) are not yet ready to propose a new Convener. I will stay on until such time as a new Convener is able to take over. Recent Past Meetings: Frankfurt, Germany, October 6, 1995 Montreux, Switzerland, June 14, 1996 Future Meetings: Philadelphia, PA, USA, December 7, 1996 London, England, June, 1997 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August, 1997 Participating Countries: Regular meeting attendance: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US. Other countries are also participating less formally. Work Items and Rapporteur Groups 22.10.01: ISO/IEC 8652:1995 Ada Programming Language (95-02-15) ANSI (95-04-10), FIPS PUB 119-1 (95-07-10) Editors: S. Tucker Taft and Christine Anderson (USA) ftp://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/public/ada9x/rm9x/v5.0 ARG (Ada Rapporteur Group) - Erhard Ploedereder (Germany) HRG (Annex H Rapporteur Group) - Brian Wichmann (UK) http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ditc/seg/hrg/infopack.html Distribution Annex -- Steve Michell (Canada) NRG -- Gil Myers (USA), (Numerics Rapporteur Group) 22.10.02: ISO/IEC 11430:1994 Elementary Functions (94-12-01) Editor: Ken Dritz (USA) 22.10.03: ISO/IEC 11729:1994 Primitive Functions (94-12-15) Editor: Ken Dritz (USA) 22.10.04: Complex Types and Functions, DIS 13813, awaiting JTC1 ballot, Editor: Don Sando and Ken Dritz (USA) 22.10.05: Complex Elementary Functions, DIS 13814, awaiting JTC1 ballot Editor: Jon Squire and Ken Dritz (USA) SRG -- SQL Rapporteur Group 22.31: ISO/IEC 12227:1994 SAMeDL (95-02-15) Editor: Marc Graham (USA) 22.35: Real-Time Extensions (Technical Report, Type II) Editor: Nasser Kettani (France), Rationale SC22 N 1598 DTR 11735 passed JTC1 ballot, awaiting publication 22-15291 Currie Colket (USA), (Ada Semantic Interface Specification) http://info.acm.org/sigada/wg/asiswg/asiswg.html NP (N1943), SC22 vote (N2077), JTC1 vote (N2188) environment information about programs without reparsing Liaisons WG4 (Cobol) -- Ben Brosgol WG11 (Bindings) WG15 (POSIX) -- Ted Baker POSIX/Ada standard ISO/IEC 14519-1:1995 (IEEE Std 1003.5-1992) (Ada Binding to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (IEEE Std 1003.1-1990)) WG21 (C++) WG22 (PCTE) IRDS (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC21 WG3 IRDS Rapporteur Group, CD 13645) -- Currie Colket IEEE ABBET (A Broad-Based Environment for Test, formally ABET, an Ada Based Environment for Test): IEEE Std 1226.2-1993 published April 12, 1994; along with IEEE Std 1226 and 1226.1, they form the Ada binding to ATLAS (Abbreviated Test Language for All Applications) IEEE Std 716-1989. Convener's address: Dr. Robert F. Mathis Convener ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 WG9 Ada 4719 Reed Road, Suite 1815 Columbus, Ohio 43220 USA Phone: +1-614-538-9232 FAX: +1-614-538-0232 E-mail: mathis@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us 73313.2671@CompuServe.com WG9 distribution: iso@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us ___________________________end of document SC22 N2259 ___________________