The Fortran 8X standards effort, originally intended to replace the Fortran 77 standard some time this decade, looks as if will have to be re-named Fortran 9X: Microbytes says the ANSI X3J3 committee will have its final proposal ready for public comment this Autumn; vice-chairman of the committee is Jerrold Wagener of Amoco Production Research Inc in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
THE FORTRAN 8X STANDARDS EFFORTS TO BE RENAMED FORTRAN 9X
