Subject: SC22 N2728 - WG11 Convener's Report for SC22 Plenary

From: "william c. rinehuls" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:09:20 -0400 (EDT)

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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
N2728

TITLE:
WG11 Convener's Report for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary - PLENARY
AGENDA ITEM

DATE ASSIGNED:
1998-06-10

SOURCE:
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

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WG Convener's Report

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This document will be on the agenda for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary

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             WG11 Convener report to SC22, June 1997       

1.  WG11 Participation

A WG11 meeting was held in London in November 1998 (report of the meeting
is in SC22 N2652); the attendance at this meeting was minimal.

A tentatively scheduled WG11 meeting for August 1998 will not take place
due to delays in producing the 2nd CD of LIA-2.

2.  Issues for the August 1998 Plenary

2.1  ToR of WG11

The current Terms of Reference of WG11 is (see SC22 N2698): "Study binding
issues between programming languages and the abstract facilities with
which they interface or interact.  Serve as the SC22 focal point for
coordinating SC22 comments on SC21 bindings".
It is proposed to bring this ToR in line with the TOR of other WGs, and to
strike the sentence about SC21.  Proposed text for a new ToR: "To study
binding issues between programming languages and the abstract facilities
with which they interface or interact, and to propose, develop and maintain
ISO standards in this area."

2.2  Reconfirmation of ISO/IEC 10967-1:1994

With reference to SC22 N2674: WG11 recommends reconfirmation of ISO/IEC
10967-1:1994 - Language Independent Arithmetic - Part 1:  Integer and
Floating Point Arithmetic.

2.3  Projects Not Reaching CD Stage Within Three Years of NP Approval

With reference to SC22 N2698: LIA-3 will be produced after LIA-2 has
become stable and is well underway.  A first draft for SC22 Review and
Comment is expected by fall 1999.

3.  Work Item JTC1.22.16 - Common Procedure Calling Mechanism

This project is finalized: the document is published as ISO/IEC 13886:1996.

4.  Work Item JTC1.22.17 - Language Independent Datatypes

This project is finalized: the document is published as ISO/IEC 11404:1996.

5.  Work Item JTC1.22.28 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 1

This project is finalized: the document is published as
ISO/IEC 10967- 1:1994.

6.  Work Item JTC1.22.33 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 2

DoC on the first FCD and the ballot text for the 2nd FCD will be available
in July 1998.

7.  Work Item JTC1.22.34 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 3

The work on this part of IS 10967 (on complex arithmetic and procedures)
will follow (in time) the work on part 2,

8.  Language Independent Service Specifications

PDTR 14369 is under registration ballot (see SC22 N2658; end of ballot:
1998-06-30).  It is the intention of WG11 to handle comments on the ballot
by email; unless there are many and/or controversial comments no WG11
meeting will be necessary to complete this document.

9.  Meetings

It is planned to have a WG11 meeting shortly after the ballot on the 2nd
FCD for LIA-2 closes.

10.  Liaisons

Liaisons exist with the following SC22 WGs: WG2 - Pascal, WG3 - APL, WG4 -
COBOL, WG9 - Ada, WG14 - C, WG20 - Internationalization and
WG22 - PCTE.  Also, liaison representatives from SC24 (Graphics) and SC26
(Micro Processors) to WG11 have been appointed.

Informal liaisons also exists with SC22/WG13 - Modula-2, SC22/WG17 - Prolog
and SC2 - Characters.

11.  Contact points

Drs. Willem Wakker
	  ACE Consulting bv
	  Van Eeghenstraat 100
	  1071 GL AMSTERDAM
	  Nederland
Phone:	  +31	20 6646416
Fax:	  +31	20 6750389
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Convener SC22/WG11

Mr. Tom Turba
	  Unisys Corporation
	  P.O. Box 64942
	  St. Paul MN 55164-0942
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	612 635 6774
Fax:	  +1	612 635 3899
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG2 - Pascal

Dr. Eke van Batenburg
	  RUL, Instituut voor Theoretische Biologie
	  Kaiserstraat 63
	  2311 GP LEIDEN
	  Nederland
Phone:	  +31	71 274900
Fax:	  +31	71 274972
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG3 - APL

Mr. Donald Nelson
	  Tandem Computers Inc.
	  5425 Stevens Creek Blvd.
	  Santa Clara CA 95051-7200
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	408 285 5203
Fax:	  +1	408 285 5245
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG4 - COBOL

Mr. Bill Carlson
	  Intermetrics Inc.
	  733 Concord Ave.
	  Cambridge MA 02138
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	617 661 1840
Fax:	  +1	617 868 2843
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG9 - ADA

Mr. Keld Simonsen
	  DKnet/DS
	  Sankt Joergens Alle 8
	  DK-1615 COPENHAGEN V
	  Denmark
Phone:	  +45	3917 9944
Fax:	  +45	3120 8948
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG14 - C and SC22/WG20 Internationalization

Mr. Christof Blum
	  Fraunhofer-Computer Graphics Research Group
	  Wilhelminenstr. 7
	  W-6100 DARMSTADT
	  Germany
Phone:	  +49	6151 155 145
Fax:	  +49	6151 155 194
Remark:   Liaison with SC24 - Computer Graphics

Dr. Richard Karpinski
	  University of California San Francisco
	  U-76
	  San Francisco CA 94143-0704
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	415 476 4529
Remark:   Liaison with SC26 - Micro Processors

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