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| William M. Klein 2004-05-26, 12:30 am |
| I may or may not reply to Jimmy's long post (which distorts some truths - but
certainly is a "reasonable" way to view what has happened).
A couple of "facts"
1) J4/WG4 moved VERY quickly and *did* get the first TR (Technical Report)
approved to "enhance" the 2002 Standard
2) J4/WG4 is fairly far along in getting two more TR's finished and approved
(these will include the "widely requested" XML and "collection classes"
enhancements)
3) J4/WG4 is working as hard as they can to MAKE the year 2008 for the NEXT
standard
.... on the other hand
A) J4 is continuing to lose members (and/or having less attendees)
B) As Jimmy indicated, I have seen minimal progress toward ANY "fully
conforming" 2002 Standard. (From "hints" - I think that Siemens/Fujitsu is
closer to Micro Focus who INITIALLY committed publicly to doing so)
C) Until there is an "initial" draft of the 2008 Standard out for "public
review" (IMHO) all dates are totally a "guess". Without a 2002 conforming
compiler, I don't know what difference any of this means.
--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
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| Chuck Stevens 2004-05-26, 1:30 pm |
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"William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:OoUsc.10063$Tn6.4032@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> C) Until there is an "initial" draft of the 2008 Standard out for "public
> review" (IMHO) all dates are totally a "guess". Without a 2002 conforming
> compiler, I don't know what difference any of this means.
In order to meet the 2008 date mandated by WG4, J4 must have the first
Committee Draft available around December 2004, and as you point out, J4 is
working hard to ensure that this deadline is met.
-Chuck Stevens
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