JTC1/SC22 N3370

From:ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces
Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI)
 
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3370
 
TITLE:
SC 22/WG 16 Convenor's Recommendation Regarding the 2002 Periodic Review of
ISO/IEC 13816 - Programming Language Lisp

DATE ASSIGNED:
2002-02-08
 
SOURCE:
SC 22/WG 16 Convenor (P. Parquier)

BACKWARD POINTER:
N/A
 
DOCUMENT TYPE:
Other document (Open)

PROJECT NUMBER:
1.22.23
 
STATUS:
Per SC 22 Kona Resolution 01-29, this recommendation is sent to SC 22 for
approval to be sent to JTC 1 as the subcommittee recommendation.  Please
note that the official letter ballot on all standards out for review in 2002
is conducted at the JTC 1 level and the ballot closes 15 July 2002.

The SC 22 review of this recommendation will be conducted as a default
letter ballot.  Unless the SC 22 Secretariat receives objection to the
recommendation to confirm ISO/IEC 13816 by 2002-05-08, this recommendation
will be sent to the JTC 1 Secretariat.

ACTION IDENTIFIER:
COM
 
DUE DATE:
2002-05-08
  
DISTRIBUTION:
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DISTRIBUTION FORM:
Open
 
Address reply to:
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat
Matt Deane
ANSI
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WG16's convener recommendation to SC22 is to recommend JTC1 to 
*CONFIRM* ISLISP standard.
 
The rationale for this recommendation is the following: 

  - The standard is currently in use: as far as we know at least two
companies 
    and a university performed independant implementions of the standard, 
    and maintain them on a variety of platforms, from small footprint PDA 
    (Pocket PC) to 64 bits machine like Alpha, Sparc HP-PA, Itanium

  - The user community is growing both in number of users, in number of 
    countries, and in number of systems built on top of ISLISP standard 
    implementations.  

  - ISLISP (as defined by the standard) is taught at the university level. 

  - The standard is consistent, there is no severe defect report, so it
could 
    also remain as is and be simply confirmed. 

  - There is naturally room for clarification and rationale in the standard,
so it 
    would benefit from an explanatory report. WG16 is ready to undertake 
    such a report.

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