14 Jan
2025
14 Jan
'25
2:43 p.m.
On 1/14/25 14:03, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
Fortran 2025, the sixth edition, is rather different
from 1956.
F90 was a huge break from earlier versions; the target release date,
IIRC was supposed to be 1988, but there was a great amount of
negotiation. I was an alternate on our firm's representative to X3J3
for vector extensions. I recall that, at one point, both IBM and DEC
threatened to walk out of X3J3 over the committee's not choosing to use
VECTRAN syntax.
I haven't kept up with releases after F90, unfortunately. I can say
that F90 bears little resemblance to F77.
--Chuck