J3/05-282 To: J3 From: Michael Ingrassia Subject: Resolution for 754R Date: 2005 November 9 The Fortran committee is pleased to see an interchange format defined for decimal floating point arithmetic, and will endeavor to specify a binding to the type specified by 754R in its forthcoming standard ("Fortran 2008"). Fortran respectfully defers to the wishes of the Cobol community with regard to decimal arithmetic. Fortran wishes to encourage 754r to make a definite choice of formats, and to favor that format which it expects is most favorable to implementation in actual hardware.