Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-084
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for
ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1:  Information technology - Programming languages 
FORTRAN - Part 1:  Form specification 

Washington D.C., November 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1.  The public review extends from November 8, 1996
to January 7, 1997.

ISO/IEC 1539 is a multipart International Standard; the parts are 
published separately.  This publication, 1539-1, which is the first part, 
specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of programs 
expressed in the Fortran language.  The purpose of this part is to promote 
portability, reliability, maintainability, and efficient execution of Fortran 
programs for use on a variety of computing systems.  The second part, 
1539-2, defines additional facilities for the manipulation of character 
strings of variable length.  A processor conforming to 1539-1 need not 
conform to 1539-2; however, conformance to 1539-2 assumes 
conformance to this part.  Throughout this publication, the term "this 
standard" refers to 1539-1.

Note:  This draft international standard is being processed simultaneously 
as an American National Standard and an International Standard.  

Public Review Comment Instructions:

The public review period closes on January 7, 1997.  However, in order for
comments to affect the position of the U.S. TAG, they must be received 
prior to December 4, 1996.  Therefore, all commentors are urged to submit 
comments as early in the public review period as possible.  Public review 
comments received after December 4, 1996 will be addressed and 
considered for future balloting and/or revision.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Deborah J. Donovan, 1250 
Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email: 
ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 
42nd Street, New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us   FAX:  (202) 638-4922.

The document can be purchased for $212.00 from American National 
Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.
Telephone: 212-642-4900


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