Re: MAINFRAME SHOP STANDARDS

From: Chuck Stevens (charles.stevens_at_unisys.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:35:06 -0800

"Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1102475278.086314.244340@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> Being in the current standard is irrelevant until compilers for that
> standard are generally available and have been moved into production
> use.

This might be regarded as heresy by some, but I'd argue that for a
*particular feature* it's not all that relevant whether compilers
implementing *all* of the standard containing the feature are generally
available; what's relevant is whether compilers implementing *that feature*
are generally available, whether those compilers conform to the rest of the
standard specifying the feature or not.

    -Chuck Stevens

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