*CORRECTED* schedule for next revision of ISO (ANSI) COBOL Standard

To: comp.lang.cobol, Tek-Tips, IBM-MAIN and elsewhere

There was a typo (or more than 1) in the last version of the "revision sched
ule"
that I pointed COBOL-interested people to a while ago.  There is now a revis
ed
(corrected) version at:

http://www.cobolportal.com/j4/files/05-0108.doc

It is my understanding that J4 (the "developers" of this revision) think tha
t
they ARE ON SCHEDULE for a 2008 approval and publication of this revision to
 the
2002 ISO Standard.

Needless to say, to the best of my knowledge, there is no current "best gues
s"
on when ANY vendor will actually provide a "fully conforming" ISO 2002 COBOL
compiler ... but you never know <G>.

* * * *

If you are interested in the enhancements (and especially if you have any
comments) on the new and changed features of this c.2008 Standard, please ma
ke
certain that you communicate them to your "national standards body" AS SOON 
AS
POSSIBLE.  For comment to the US body (that does take comments from those
outside the US), please email

Don.Schricker <at> microfocus.com

(IMHO it is "useless" to just tell them that you don't believe in/like the
current Standards process ... but if you want to, they do take AND PROCESS e
very
input document that they receive.)

If you are interested in seeing the FULL ISO 2002 Standard (including its OO
definition; its solutions for internationalization; common exception handlin
g;
portable arithmetic, etc) available on your platform and/or from your "vendo
r of
choicer"

PLEASE contact your "vendor of choice" and provide them with the reasons
(business case) for implementing these features - sooner than later.

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

"William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:Fcdbe.5496048$Zm5.850173@news.easynews.com...
> To: comp.lang.cobol, Tek-Tips, IBM-MAIN and elsewhere
>
<snip>>
>    PLEASE contact your "vendor of choice" and provide them with the
reasons
> (business case) for implementing these features - sooner than later.
>

At last, something connected with standards that I can agree to ...

This is the simplest and best standards related advice I have seen here,
ever.

Well done, Bill.

Pete.