Cobol - Two "bits" on Standards

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Two "bits" on Standards

William M. Klein

2007-04-05, 6:55 pm

1) In reply to one of the other threads and its talking about the "bureaucracy"
of the Standards groups, I do have to remind people here and elsewhere, that
these are the rules of ANSI and ISO - not of J4 or WG4. Whether languages
SHOULD be under "their" control or not is another question (and certainly the
original COBOL specifications were NOT). However, what works well for a 4-page
Standard on screw-sizes or 10-page Standard for a two-plug outlet, is probably
NOT all that great for handling an 800+ language standard with over 40 years of
"upward compatibility" issues to deal with.

* * * * * * *

2) NEWS FLASH: ....
As of today (at MY request), I am no longer representing Micro Focus on J4 -
and I can go back to being a noisy (or is that nosy?) observer. I won't go
into the reasons in public, but this was a very amicable decision and I continue
to wish both Micro Focus and J4 (and their relationship) whatever is best for
them both.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com

William M. Klein

2007-04-09, 3:55 am

I don't know if it is because of the "holiday w

end" or not, but I haven't
seen any comments on this item - and have seen VERY few other posts. This could
be a problem with my newsgroup ISP - or not - but I thought I would" repost it"
in case others never saw the first post.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ludRh.126542$lD4.108582@fe02.news.easynews.com...
> 1) In reply to one of the other threads and its talking about the
> "bureaucracy" of the Standards groups, I do have to remind people here and
> elsewhere, that these are the rules of ANSI and ISO - not of J4 or WG4.
> Whether languages SHOULD be under "their" control or not is another question
> (and certainly the original COBOL specifications were NOT). However, what
> works well for a 4-page Standard on screw-sizes or 10-page Standard for a
> two-plug outlet, is probably NOT all that great for handling an 800+ language
> standard with over 40 years of "upward compatibility" issues to deal with.
>
> * * * * * * *
>
> 2) NEWS FLASH: ....
> As of today (at MY request), I am no longer representing Micro Focus on
> J4 - and I can go back to being a noisy (or is that nosy?) observer. I won't
> go into the reasons in public, but this was a very amicable decision and I
> continue to wish both Micro Focus and J4 (and their relationship) whatever is
> best for them both.
>
> --
> Bill Klein
> wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
>

Roger While

2007-04-09, 3:55 am

I think it's the "wow" effect. I thought to post myself, then thought
what actually should I say/comment ?
Everybody is surely thinking why?
And you said you are not divulging that :-)

"William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>I don't know if it is because of the "holiday w

end" or not, but I
>haven't seen any comments on this item - and have seen VERY few other
>posts. This could be a problem with my newsgroup ISP - or not - but I
>thought I would" repost it" in case others never saw the first post.
>
> --
> Bill Klein
> wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
> "William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:ludRh.126542$lD4.108582@fe02.news.easynews.com...
>
>

Robin Lee

2007-04-09, 7:55 am

Most likely it actually is the holiday w

end.
All of the discussion groups that I regularly
visit have been slow the past few days.

William M. Klein wrote:
> I don't know if it is because of the "holiday w

end" or not, but I haven't
> seen any comments on this item - and have seen VERY few other posts. This could
> be a problem with my newsgroup ISP - or not - but I thought I would" repost it"
> in case others never saw the first post.
>

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