Re: J3's workings

robert.corbett@xxxxxxx wrote:

We don't hear nearly as much as we would like from Sun's Fortran
customers. We have a Fortran section on Sun's software developers'
forum on Sun's website, but the traffic is very light.

Even when we do hear from customers, the rest of the committee
rarely listens to us.

We do hear a lot from our customers, but I'd go along with what Bob
says. Vendors have no special influence at the standards level and it
seems to me that some on the committee like inventing new language
(especially if it resembles C++) and have little stomach for working
out the issues with and refining the existing language.

As I hear it, the vendor representatives do try their best to make
known their customers' desires - but it rarely helps.

Steve

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