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- From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
- Subject: Re: Any free descriptions of Fortran 90 features available ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.172450.5360@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1992Sep2.112919.19291@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:24:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.112919.19291@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Herb Schilling) writes:
- |>
- |> Hello,
- |>
- |> I understand that the Fortran 90 standard is not free. I was wondering
- |> if there is a brief description of Fortran 90's features that I could get for
- |> free. I would like to pass it out to students in an in-house Fortran class
- |> I teach. I just want to let them know what's coming. Thanks in advance.
- |> I will summarize any responses I get.
-
- What exactly *is* the copyright requirement on the standard? My copy of
- ISO/IEC 1539:1991(E) contains no copyright declaration at all. Further,
- since Mr. Schilling is using the information only for instructional
- purposes, I thought it was permitted for him to make copies (at least
- of excerpts) with impunity. Is this not the case?
-
- Anyway, it seems to me that *any* restriction of the distribution of
- the standard is contrary to the very purpose of the standard. It's
- like charging people to read advertising.
-
- --
- J. Giles
-