On 1/14/25 14:03, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > Fortran 2025, the sixth edition, is rather different from 1956.
F90 was a huge break from earlier versions; the target release date, IIRC was supposed to be 1988, but there was a great amount of negotiation. I was an alternate on our firm's representative to X3J3 for vector extensions. I recall that, at one point, both IBM and DEC threatened to walk out of X3J3 over the committee's not choosing to use VECTRAN syntax. I haven't kept up with releases after F90, unfortunately. I can say that F90 bears little resemblance to F77. --Chuck
