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Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C47314.28789DB0 Content-Type: text/plain ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3762 TITLE: SC 22/WG 5 Business Plan/Convener's Report DATE ASSIGNED: 2004-07-26 SOURCE: SC 22/WG 5 Convenor (J. Reid) BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Other document (Open) PROJECT NUMBER: STATUS: This document will be reviewed at the upcoming SC 22 Plenary under Agenda Item 8.3. ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: TEXT CROSS REFERENCE: DISTRIBUTION FORM: Open Sally Seitz ANSI 25 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 642-4918 Fax: (212) 840-2298 Email: sseitz@ansi.org _______________________end of document, beginning of cover page_______________ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1608 WG5 Business Plan and Convener's Report to the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 2004 Plenary PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT: August 2003 to July 2004. SUBMITTED BY: John Reid 1 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY 1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG5 Statement of Scope The development and maintenance of ISO/IEC Fortran programming language standards. 1.2 Project Report 1.2.1 Completed Projects None in this period. 1.2.2 Projects Underway 22.02.01.01 Programming Language Fortran - Part 1: Base language The requirements for the next revision of the base Fortran Standard (IS 1539-1:1997), referred to informally as Fortran 2003, were agreed by WG5 at its meeting in Las Vegas, USA, in February 1997. In accordance with WG5's agreed strategic policy, the development of the draft standard was delegated to INCITS/J3, acting as WG5's Primary Development Body. After rescheduling in 1999, the target date for the first CD ballot was October 2002 and this was achieved slightly ahead of schedule. The ballot was a Concurrent Registration and Approval Ballot and closed on 27 December 2002. Following this, the project was registered at the CD stage, a Disposition of Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3560) and the corresponding detailed edits were constructed. The result was the subject of an FCD ballot, 13 October 2003 to 13 February 2004. 7 National Bodies approved without comments (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands), 3 approved with comments (Canada, UK, USA) 2 abstained (France, Switzerland), and none disapproved. The detailed comments were all suggestions for correcting minor technical or editorial errors. WG5 and J3 met jointly in Las Vegas, May 2-7th, considered all the comments, and agreed on how to respond to them. A Disposition of Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3739) and the corresponding detailed edits were constructed. The result was sent to the Secretariat on 13 May and she sent it to ISO for DIS balloting on 17 May, but the ballot did not commence until 12 July. It runs to 12 September. In a message to ISO, Sally Seitz (Secretariat) wrote 'ISO has made it very clear to committee secretaries that time is of the essence in standards development (e.g. reducing the timeframe for standards development), and SC 22 has been working diligently to prepare documents in a timely manner and this delay in ballot initiation is disappointment'. I concur entirely with this sentiment and request that SC22 complain about the delay. The target date for the publication of the revised standard is December 2004. We are still hopeful that this should be possible. A new Repository of Requirements (Standing Document 5) for the next revision has been established (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1592), with just four items, all from the UK. Meanwhile, the US (J3) is actively considering a large number of suggestions, but has not yet chosen which to submit to the Repository. It was agreed at the May meeting of WG5 that the next revision should be minor (as was Fortran 95 as a revision of Fortran 90) with a target publication date of 2009. All the outstanding interpretations were considered at the May meeting and draft responses were constructed to 25 of them. These are being checked in a J3 letter ballot. Our procedure is to follow this with a ballot of WG5 members. This gives plenty of scope for detailed analysis and gives the result good credibility. If the process results in edits to the standard, we plan to collect them into a Corrigendum in the summer of 2005. 22.02.01.05 Type 2 Technical Report on Enhanced Module Facilities The TR on Enhanced Module Facilities, whose principal aim is to avoid recompilation cascades' when a single module of a very large program is altered, was the subject of a three-month PDTR Registration and Approval Letter Ballot, terminating on 23 March 2004. There being no 'No' votes, both passed. There was only one technical point raised and this was already flagged in the draft, since an edit to Fortran 2003 was needed. Satisfactory edits to Fortran 2003 and the TR were agreed and a Disposition of Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3737). The result is the subject of a DTR ballot that runs from 18 June to 18 August. The TR does not specify the detailed relationship of its facilities to ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997 (Fortran 95), but the language facilities described are not dependent on new language features introduced in Fortran 2003. 22.02.02 Programming Language Fortran - Part 2: Varying Length Character Strings Features of Fortran 2003 cover almost all the requirements for which Part 2 was written. However, the new standard has not yet been published and it is likely to be several years before compilers will be widely available. Therefore, WG5 requests that this part of the standard be renewed. 22.02.03 Programming Language Fortran - Part 3: Conditional Compilation We anticipate that after the revision of the base language has been published, a minor revision of this part may be appropriate, but work on this has not commenced. 1.2.3 Projects Withdrawn None. 1.3 Cooperation and Competition WG5 cooperates closely with the ANSI INCITS/J3 Fortran Technical Committee, to whom it has delegated the technical development of Fortran 2003 as well as the maintenance of Fortran 95 (ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997). There is also close contact with the industry-driven HPF and OpenMP Architecture Review Board, with several members of the Board also being members of J3 and/or WG5. For example, the OpenMP board has aligned the OpenMP 2.0 Release with Fortran 95. Many of those responsible for the development of commercial Fortran compilers are members of J3 and/or WG5. Other important liaisons are those with IFIP WG2.5 (Numerical Software), IEEE 754 (Floating-point hardware), and ANSI INCITS/H2 (Data base). There are no competitive activities. 2 PERIOD REVIEW 2.1 Market Requirements Fortran is the language of choice for much scientific, engineering, and economic programming, particularly for very large programs that have evolved over many years. The long delay between the release of Fortran 77 and the availability of Fortran 90 compilers, at a time when other languages, such as C and C++, were evolving rapidly, had a significant impact on the use of Fortran, but there are now clear signs that the facilities available in Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 are causing a growing number of scientific and technological users to move towards these latest versions of Fortran. Vendors have upgraded their Fortran 90 compilers to Fortran 95, most of them have incorporated the extensions of TR 15581 (allocatable array extensions), and some have incorporated the extensions of TR 15580 (exception handling and support of IEEE floating-point arithmetic). Some have begun implementing the new features of Fortran 2003. Most major Fortran compiler vendors are represented either on WG5 or its Primary Development Body, INCITS/J3, as are many of the major research establishments that rely on Fortran for their scientific computing. In addition to vendor-supplied and specific mailing lists, there is an active email list and an active usenet newsgroup for users of Fortran, which provide valuable feedback from users. All these diverse sources are being used to guide the development of the language, both through revisions to the base language Standard, and through other related standards and technical reports. 2.2 Achievements The next Fortran standard has passed a significant milestone with the commencement of the DIS ballot. Similarly, the TR on enhanced module facilities has passed a significant milestone with the commencement of its DTR ballot 2.3 Resources As elsewhere in the Standardization world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to persuade employers to provide the necessary funding for Standards activity. The number of employers, especially among computer vendors, continues to decline through corporate mergers and acquisitions. WG5 delegates most of the technical work involved in developing Standards and Technical Reports to 'development bodies' which are either based on a national Fortran committee, as in the case of INCITS/J3, or consist of a (small) multinational group under the leadership of the relevant project editor. WG5 currently has one such active development body (the primary development body) developing standards, and four development bodies monitoring published standards and technical reports for maintenance purposes. WG5 itself carries out much of its discussions via email, with an annual meeting during the summer, and occasional other meetings at critical stages in the development of the meeting in May 2004 was attended by 21 members, including the Convener, representing 5 member bodies. 3 FOCUS FOR NEXT WORK PERIOD 3.1 Deliverables It is hoped that the DIS ballot for the revised Part 1 of the Standard will lead to publication before the end of 2004. It is hoped that the DTR ballot on the Type 2 Technical Report on Enhanced Module Facilities will lead to publication before the end of 2004. It is envisaged that the first corrigendum for Part 1 will be submitted in the summer of 2005. 3.2 Strategies WG5 operates under a strategic plan described in WG5 Standing Document 4, the latest version of which is WG5 N1349. In particular, the revision of the base Standard, IS 1539-1, is delegated to ANSI INCITS/J3 operating as WG5's Primary Development Body, while the other projects for which WG5 is responsible are handled by other Development Bodies, which liaise with the Primary Development Body as required. 3.2.1 Risks As far as possible, WG5 tries to anticipate technical comments during international ballots by holding informal ballots of its members before any documents are submitted for ballot. Nevertheless, unexpected technical comments can always delay the planned schedule. 3.2.2 Opportunities WG5 has made extensive use of email for over a decade to speed up technical development. Since 1995 most documents have been distributed via an official file server in the UK; all documents have been distributed in this way since 1997. An open web site is also used to provide non-technical, and other publicly available, information to interested parties. In addition to speeding up the distribution of documents, the use of electronic distribution and communication systems also provides many other benefits, such as the ability to rapidly carry out informal ballots of the members for various reasons. 3.2.3 Work Program Priorities WG5's priority activities this year are the publication of the revision of the base Fortran language Standard, ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997, the publication of the Type 2 Technical Report on Enhanced Module Facilities, and the consideration of items submitted to the Repository as candidates for the next revision. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 4.1 WG5 Liaisons See Section 1.3. 4.2 Recent Meetings 2003/03/30-04/04 Las Vegas, USA 2003/07/28-08/01 Dresden, Germany 2004/05/02-07 Las Vegas, USA 4.3 Future Meetings 2005/05/9-13 Delft, Netherlands 2006/02 USA Note that WG5 normally meets annually, with extra meetings being held as/when necessary to process ballot comments or other high priority activities that do not accord with the regular meeting schedule. WG5's Primary Development Body, INCITS/J3, meets quarterly. Other work is carried out via email. 5. SC22 PLENARY ACTIONS RELATED TO WG5 5.1 Delay to DIS ballot WG5 requests that a complaint be made to ISO re the delay in commencing the DIS ballot for part 1 of the Fortran standard. 5.2 Change of editor for Part 1 of the Fortran standard The editor of Part 1, Richard Maine has indicated that he wishes to step down once the revision has been published. He been editor since 1994 so has been responsible for most of the editing for Fortran 95 and all of the editing for Fortran 2003. We owe him heartfelt thanks. Malcolm Cohen, NAG, UK, has indicated that he is willing to take over and I will propose this at the appropriate time. 5.3 Renewal of Part 2 of the Fortran standard Part 2 of the Fortran standard, on Varying Length Character Strings, will become due for renewal during the year. WG5 requested that it be renewed. Sally Seitz Program Administrator ANSI 25 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 642-4918 Fax: (212) 840-2298 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C47314.28789DB0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

ISO/IEC JTC = 1/SC22

Programming languages, their environments = and system software interfaces

Secretariat:  U.S.A.  = (ANSI)

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 = N3762

 

TITLE:

SC 22/WG 5 Business Plan/Convener's Report =

 

DATE ASSIGNED:

2004-07-26

 

SOURCE:

SC 22/WG 5 Convenor (J. = Reid)

 

BACKWARD = POINTER:

N/A

 

DOCUMENT TYPE:

Other document = (Open)

 

PROJECT NUMBER:

 

STATUS:

This document will be reviewed at the = upcoming SC 22 Plenary under Agenda Item 8.3.

 

ACTION = IDENTIFIER:

FYI

 

DUE DATE:

N/A

 

DISTRIBUTION:

TEXT

 

CROSS = REFERENCE:

 

DISTRIBUTION = FORM:

Open

 

 

Sally = Seitz

ANSI

25 West 43rd = Street

New York, NY  10036

Telephone:  (212) = 642-4918

Fax:          &n= bsp;  (212) 840-2298

Email:  = sseitz@ansi.org

 

_______________________end of document, beginning of cover page_______________

 

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1608

 

WG5 Business Plan and Convener's Report to the ISO/IEC = JTC1/SC22 2004 Plenary

 

 

PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT: August 2003 to July = 2004.

 

SUBMITTED BY: John Reid 

 

 

1 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

 

 

1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG5 Statement of Scope =

 

The development and maintenance of ISO/IEC Fortran programming = language standards.

 

1.2 Project Report

 

1.2.1 Completed Projects =

 

None in this = period.

 

 

1.2.2 Projects Underway =

 

 

22.02.01.01 Programming Language Fortran - = Part 1: Base language

 

The requirements for the next revision of = the base Fortran Standard

(IS 1539-1:1997), referred to informally as = Fortran 2003, were agreed by WG5 at its meeting in Las Vegas, USA, in February 1997. In accordance with WG5's agreed strategic policy, the development of the draft standard was delegated to INCITS/J3, acting as = WG5's Primary Development Body.

 

After rescheduling in 1999, the target date = for the first CD ballot was October 2002 and this was achieved slightly ahead = of schedule. The ballot was a Concurrent Registration and Approval Ballot = and closed on 27 December 2002. Following this, the project was registered = at the CD stage, a Disposition of Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC = 1/SC22 N3560) and the corresponding detailed edits were = constructed.

 

The result was the subject of an FCD ballot, = 13 October 2003 to 13

February 2004. 7 National Bodies approved = without comments (Czech

Republic, Denmark, Germany, = Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea,<= /p>

Netherlands), 3 approved with comments (Canada, UK, USA) 2 = abstained

(France, Switzerland), and none disapproved. The detailed comments were all suggestions for = correcting minor technical or editorial errors.

 

WG5 and J3 met jointly in Las Vegas, May 2-7th, considered = all the comments, and agreed on how to respond to them. A Disposition of = Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3739) and the corresponding = detailed edits were constructed. The result was sent to the Secretariat on 13 = May and she sent it to ISO for DIS balloting on 17 May, but the ballot did not = commence until 12 July. It runs to 12 September.

 

In a message to ISO, Sally Seitz (Secretariat) wrote 'ISO has made it very clear = to committee secretaries that time is of the essence in standards = development (e.g. reducing the timeframe for standards development), and SC 22 has = been working diligently to prepare documents in a timely manner and this = delay in ballot initiation is disappointment'. I concur entirely with this = sentiment and request that SC22 complain about the = delay.

 

The target date for the publication of the = revised standard is December 2004.  We are still hopeful that this should = be possible.

 

A new Repository of Requirements (Standing = Document 5) for the next revision has been established (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 = N1592), with just four items, all from the UK. Meanwhile, the US (J3) is actively considering a large number of = suggestions, but has not yet chosen which to submit to the Repository. It was agreed = at the May meeting of WG5 that the next revision should be minor (as was = Fortran 95 as a revision of Fortran 90) with a target publication date of = 2009.

 

All the outstanding interpretations were = considered at the May meeting and draft responses were constructed to 25 of them. = These are being checked in a J3 letter ballot. Our procedure is to follow this = with a ballot of WG5 members. This gives plenty of scope for detailed analysis = and gives the result good credibility. If the process results in edits to = the standard, we plan to collect them into a Corrigendum in the summer of = 2005.

 

 

22.02.01.05 Type 2 Technical Report on = Enhanced Module Facilities

 

The TR on Enhanced Module Facilities, whose = principal aim is to avoid recompilation cascades' when a single module of a very = large program is altered, was the subject of a three-month PDTR Registration = and Approval Letter Ballot, terminating on 23 March 2004. There being no = 'No' votes, both passed.  There was only one technical point raised and = this was already flagged in the draft, since an edit to Fortran 2003 was = needed. Satisfactory edits to Fortran 2003 and the TR were agreed and a = Disposition of Comments Report was written (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3737). The result is = the subject of a DTR ballot that runs from 18 June to 18 = August.

 

The TR does not specify the detailed = relationship of its facilities to

ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997 (Fortran 95), but the = language facilities described are not dependent on new language features = introduced in Fortran 2003.

 

 

22.02.02 Programming Language Fortran - Part = 2: Varying Length

Character = Strings

 

Features of Fortran 2003 cover almost all = the requirements for which Part 2 was written. However, the new standard = has not yet been published and it is likely to be several years before = compilers will be widely available.  Therefore, WG5 requests that this part of = the standard be renewed.

 

 

22.02.03 Programming Language Fortran - Part = 3: Conditional

Compilation

 

We anticipate that after the revision of the = base language has been published, a minor revision of this part may be = appropriate, but work on this has not commenced.

 

1.2.3 Projects = Withdrawn

 

None.

 

 

1.3 Cooperation and = Competition

 

WG5 cooperates closely with the ANSI = INCITS/J3 Fortran Technical Committee, to whom it has delegated the technical development = of Fortran 2003 as well as the maintenance of Fortran 95 (ISO/IEC = 1539-1:1997). There is also close contact with the industry-driven HPF and OpenMP Architecture Review Board, with several members of the Board also being = members of J3 and/or WG5. For example, the OpenMP board has aligned the OpenMP = 2.0 Release with Fortran 95. Many of those responsible for the development = of commercial Fortran compilers are members of J3 and/or = WG5.

          &nbs= p;

Other important liaisons are those with IFIP = WG2.5 (Numerical

Software), IEEE 754 (Floating-point = hardware), and ANSI INCITS/H2

(Data base).

 

There are no competitive = activities.

 

2 PERIOD REVIEW

 

2.1 Market = Requirements

 

Fortran is the language of choice for much = scientific, engineering, and economic programming, particularly for very large = programs that have evolved over many years. The long delay between the release = of Fortran 77 and the availability of Fortran 90 compilers, at a time when = other languages, such as C and C++, were evolving rapidly, had a significant = impact on the use of Fortran, but there are now clear signs that the = facilities available in Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 are causing a growing number of scientific and technological users to move towards these latest = versions of Fortran. Vendors have upgraded their Fortran 90 compilers to Fortran = 95, most of them have incorporated the extensions of TR 15581 (allocatable array extensions), and some have incorporated the extensions of TR 15580 = (exception handling and support of IEEE floating-point arithmetic). Some have = begun implementing the new features of Fortran = 2003.

 

Most major Fortran compiler vendors are = represented either on WG5 or its Primary Development Body, INCITS/J3, as are many = of the major research establishments that rely on Fortran for their scientific computing. In addition to vendor-supplied and specific mailing lists, = there is an active email list and an active usenet newsgroup for users of = Fortran, which provide valuable feedback from users. All these diverse sources are = being used to guide the development of the language, both through revisions to the = base language Standard, and through other related standards and technical = reports.

 

 

2.2 Achievements =

 

The next Fortran standard has passed a = significant milestone with the commencement of the DIS ballot. Similarly, the TR on enhanced module facilities has passed a significant milestone with the commencement of its DTR ballot

 

 

2.3 Resources

 

As elsewhere in the Standardization world, = it is becoming increasingly difficult to persuade employers to provide the = necessary funding for Standards activity.  The number of employers, = especially among computer  vendors, continues to decline through corporate mergers = and  acquisitions. WG5 delegates most of the technical work involved in = developing Standards and Technical Reports to 'development bodies' which are = either based on a national Fortran committee, as in the case of INCITS/J3, or = consist of a (small) multinational group under the leadership of the relevant = project editor.  WG5 currently has one such active development body (the = primary development body) developing standards, and four development bodies = monitoring published standards and technical reports for maintenance = purposes.

 

WG5 itself carries out much of its = discussions via email, with an annual meeting during the summer, and occasional other = meetings at critical stages in the development of the  meeting in May 2004 = was attended by 21 members, including the Convener, representing 5 member = bodies.

 

3 FOCUS FOR NEXT WORK PERIOD

 

3.1 = Deliverables

 

It is hoped that the DIS ballot for the = revised Part 1 of the Standard will lead to publication before the end of = 2004.

 

It is hoped that the DTR ballot on the Type = 2 Technical Report on Enhanced Module Facilities will lead to publication = before the end of 2004.

 

It is envisaged that the first corrigendum = for Part 1 will be submitted in the summer of 2005.

 

 

3.2 Strategies

          &nbs= p;

WG5 operates under a strategic plan = described in WG5 Standing Document 4, the latest version of which is WG5 N1349.  In particular, the revision of the base Standard, IS 1539-1, is delegated = to ANSI INCITS/J3 operating as WG5's Primary Development Body, while the other = projects for which WG5 is responsible are handled by other Development Bodies, = which liaise with the Primary Development Body as = required.

 

 

3.2.1 Risks

 

As far as possible, WG5 tries to anticipate = technical comments during international ballots by holding informal ballots of = its members before any documents are submitted for ballot. Nevertheless, = unexpected technical comments can always delay the planned = schedule.

 

 

3.2.2 = Opportunities

 

WG5 has made extensive use of email for over = a decade to speed up technical development. Since 1995 most documents have been distributed via an official file server in the UK; all documents have = been distributed in this way since 1997.  An open web site is also used = to provide non-technical, and other publicly available, information to = interested parties.

 

In addition to speeding up the distribution = of documents, the use of electronic distribution and communication systems = also provides many other benefits, such as the ability to rapidly carry out = informal ballots of the members for various = reasons.

 

 

3.2.3 Work Program = Priorities

 

WG5's priority activities this year are the publication of the revision of the base Fortran language Standard, = ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997, the publication of the Type 2 Technical Report on Enhanced = Module Facilities, and the consideration of items submitted to the Repository = as candidates for the next revision.

 

 

4.  ADMINISTRATIVE = INFORMATION

 

 

4.1  WG5 = Liaisons

 

See Section = 1.3.

 

 

4.2 Recent = Meetings

 

2003/03/30-04/04 Las Vegas, USA

2003/07/28-08/01 Dresden, Germany

2004/05/02-07    Las Vegas, USA

 

 

4.3 Future = Meetings

 

2005/05/9-13 Delft, Netherlands =

2006/02  USA =

 

Note that WG5 normally meets annually, with = extra meetings being held as/when necessary to process ballot comments or = other high priority activities that do not accord with the regular meeting = schedule. WG5's Primary Development Body, INCITS/J3, meets quarterly.  Other work = is carried out via email.

 

 

5.  SC22 PLENARY ACTIONS RELATED TO = WG5

 

 

5.1 Delay to DIS = ballot

 

WG5 requests that a complaint be made to ISO = re the delay in commencing the DIS ballot for part 1 of the Fortran = standard.

 

 

5.2 Change of editor for Part 1 of the = Fortran standard

 

The editor of Part 1, Richard Maine has = indicated that he wishes to step down once the  revision has been published. He = been editor since 1994 so has been responsible for most of the editing for = Fortran 95 and all of the editing for Fortran 2003. We owe him heartfelt = thanks. Malcolm Cohen, NAG, UK, has indicated that he = is willing to take over and I will propose this at the appropriate = time.

 

 

5.3 Renewal of Part 2 of the Fortran = standard

 

Part 2 of the Fortran standard, on Varying = Length Character Strings, will become due for renewal during the year. WG5 = requested that it be renewed.

 

 

Sally = Seitz

Program = Administrator

ANSI

25 = West 43rd Street

New = York, NY 10036<= /p>

Phone: (212) 642-4918

Fax: (212) 840-2298

 

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