(j3.2006) liaison with H2

[Bill Long]

It would appear that H2 has no interest in the current J3.  If they 
insist that Fortran ended in 1977, then perhaps we could try to find 
someone who was a member of x3j3  30 years ago and appoint them 
liaison.  Would any of the new emeritus members qualify?

Cheers,
Bill


Dan Nagle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been in contact with the Chair of H2.
> In short, H2 would like to continue the liaison with J3,
> on the grounds of their Fortran binding.
>
> This binding has a number of properties that are not good,
> from a Fortran point of view:
>
> 1. It relies on a preprocessor and applies to fixed-format only.
>
> 2. It ignores interoperability with C, where C may have a more
>     up-to-date binding.
>
> 3. It ignores modules, which are the preferred means of specifying
>     a Fortran binding.
>
> 4. It ignores the object-oriented features of Fortran, which are
>     likely useful for database access.
>
> In light of the above, if H2 is unwilling to modernize
> their Fortran binding, I would like to end the liaison
> regardless of H2's preferences.  The binding is simply too obsolete
> for any future consideration, and refusal to modernize it
> implies, to me, a lack of interest.
>
> By "modernize" I mean "rewrite as an (optional) module".  Of course,
> I'm very open to other interpretations.  :-)
>
> Does anyone disagree?
>
> Does anyone know of an implementation of the SQL binding for Fortran?
>
> TIA
>
>   

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