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L    TheH2connectionwithFortranissolelyconcernedwithdatatypes,whatH2calls bindings, X  whichareassociationsbetweendatabasetypesandprogramminglanguagetypes.TheSQL   standardhasdonealmostnoworkonbindingsinmanyyears,meaningthattheSQLbindingsare l  prettymuchthesameastheywereinSQL-92.AssumingthatFortranhasnotdoneany 4  incompatiblechangestotypessincethen(suchasdeletingatype)H2isprobablyprettysafe.SQL's x owntypesystemgrewalotwiththeintroductionofObject/RelationalinSQL:1999,butH2didnot @ makeanyefforttoupdatethebindingstotakeadvantageofobjecttechnologyinhostlanguages.  H2couldstilldothis,buttheremaynotbethetimeorinclination. T   Unfortunately,theSQLStandardsWebsite,4 O  5  http://www.sqlstandards.org6 O   7 4 ,isoftendownmuch ` ofthetime.AccordingtoFredZemke,theproblemisthatitisavolunteersiterunbyan ( unemployedformermemberwhohasbeengoingbacktocollege,sohedoesnothavemuchtimeor t resources,thoughhedoestryprettyhard.Usuallyhegetsitupagaininaday. <   IbelievethatitishighlydesirabletosendamessagetoH2abouttheFortran2003FCD.Fred H Zemkeaskedme, IsawanannouncementthatFortranhasprogressedtoFCDstatus,isthat  right?Basedonthisquestion,IbelievethatweshouldsendH2eitheranofficialorinformal \ messageaboutthereleaseofFortran2003FCD,therelevantdates,andthelocation(s)ofthe $ documents,andproceduresforrespondingwithcomments.Iwouldliketoseesuchamessage h  modeledaftertheannouncementthatVanSnyderpostedon_comp.lang.fortran_ԀonOctober25,with  0! someadditionalmaterialthatDavid_Muxworthy_Ԁincludedinhismessageonthecomp-_fortran_-90 |!" mailinglistabouttheUKcommentprocess.FollowingismyrecommendationforamessagetoH2. D"# [BeginmessagetoH2] #P% TheofficialpubliccommentperiodfortheFinalCommitteeDraft(FCD)forthenextstandardfor $& Fortran,tobecommonlyknownasFortran2003,hasbeenannouncedbyANSI.Hereistheofficial d%' announcement: ,&( ****************************************************************************** '8!* ThepublicreviewcommentperiodforISO/IECFCD1539-1isfromOctober31,2003toDecember L)", 15,2003.Publicreviewcommentsthatcontaintechnicalinformationarepermissibleatthefinal *#- committeedraftstage. *X$. AcopyoftheISO/IECFCD1539-1canbedownloadedfrom: l,%0 4 O  5  http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/default.asp6O  7 \1. 4-&1   -x'2 Ifitistheintentofthe_commentor_Ԁtohavehis/hercommentsformallyregistered,acopyofthe   commentsshouldbeemailedto:DeborahJ.Spittleatdspittle@itic.organdto_PSA_ԀDept.at L psa@ansi.org  Thewillbepostedevery2weekstothefollowing_url_:   4 O  5  http://www.incits.org/archive/2003/in031280/in031280.htm6O  7 |. l  ******************************************************************************  x Allcommentswillreceiveindividualattention.Commentsthatnoticetypographicalerrors,difficult    exposition,orinconsistenciesareespeciallywelcome.Althoughanycommentispermissible,itis T  notlikelythatsubstantialtechnicalchangeswillbeundertakenatthistimeintherevisioncycle.   TheFortranFCDdocumentisalsoat4 <O  5  http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/open/n3661.pdf6O  7 LԀ(4.0Mb)andis (  availablefrom4 8 O  5  ftp://ftp.j3-fortran.org/j3/doc/standing/007/6O  7 ԀincompressedPDF,postscriptandplain t  textformats(filesizesrespectively2.2Mb,1.0Mb,394Kb). <  Readerswhohavenotbeenfollowingrecentdevelopmentsindetailmightusefulasummaryofthe H  principalnewfeaturesofthelanguage.Thisisat  4 O  5  ftp://ftp.nag.co.uk/sc22wg5/N1551-N1600/N1579.pdf6O  7 pԀor \ 4  O  5  ftp://ftp.nag.co.uk/sc22wg5/N1551-N1600/N1579.ps.gz6O  7 Ԁ(filesizes101Kband59Kbrespectively). $ ЀReadersoutsideoftheUSAshouldsubmitcommentsthroughtheirownstandardsbody. 0 [EndofmessagetoH2] | [EndofJ3/_03-268]_