Doctor Fortran in “It’s Getting Drafty in Here”

It’s official – Fortran 202X has entered the “Committee Draft” phase in its development. This is one of the last few steps in the process of creating a new (or revised) ISO standard. To get here, all of the ISO National Bodies (INCITS PL22.3, informally “J3”, is the US National Body) had to agree that the draft was ready, but they also could (and some did) make comments that will have to be reviewed.

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Doctor Fortran in “Are We There Yet?”

The Fortran 2015 standard is almost here, for larger values of “almost”. The technical content is locked down and, at this point, only minor editorial changes are being allowed. A Committee Draft is currently out for ballot, with the results to be available in time for the next US committee (J3 or INCITS PL22.3) meeting in October 2017. International committee (WG5) members get to make comments and suggest editorial changes, but technical changes are not allowed.

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