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Article #83Re: 10-Year Language Standard Revision Cycle
From: Dave Gomberg
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 17:04
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 17:04
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In article <8305@hubcap.clemson.edu> wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes: > > I'm wondering if anyone knows why ISO sets a 10-Year revision cycle > for its programming language standards; it seems to me that with the > explosion in research into object-oriented programming, etc., it would > be more appropriate to cut the revision period down to a 5-year cycle. > > > Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu I can't speak to the question of the programming language revision cycle specifically, but I am would be surprised if the 10-year cycle is correct. It is certainly not true ISO-wide. The standards in JTC 1 are on a 5-year revision cycle (and I thought this was ISO-wide). JTC 1 is the Open Systems Interconnection. For example, IS-7498 (the OSI Reference Model) was adopted in 1984 and is now in the revision process. Dave Gomberg
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!linus!polka.mitre.org!gomberg From: gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: 10-Year Language Standard Revision Cycle Message-ID: <102771@linus.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 90 17:04:41 GMT References: <8305@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg) Lines: 18