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- From: walt@netcom.com (Walt Brainerd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Subject: Fortran standard in electronic from
- Keywords: Fortran standard ISO 1539 ANSI
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.035621.18069@netcom.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 03:56:21 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- In accordance with an official agreement with
- the International Standards Organization, Unicomp
- is now able to distribute electronic versions of
- the Fortran 90 standard: "ISO/IEC 1539 : 1991,
- Information technology--Programming languages--Fortran".
-
- The money received from this effort will go partly to
- fund ISO activities and partly to recover the costs
- incurred by Unicomp in preparing and typesetting the
- standard document. The prices are set by ISO.
-
- The document can be obtained in three versions:
-
- 1. An ascii version suitable for viewing on a
- computer terminal using any kind of editor.
- Cost: USD 125.
-
- 2. A PostScript version with a license allowing
- the purchaser to print n paper copies.
- Cost: USD 125 + 10n.
-
- 3. Complete source in ditroff with macros and
- software to extract and create the annexes.
- The source constitutes a fairly high level
- marked up document; for example, each program
- beginning and ending is marked and there
- are few low-level typographic commands such
- as size and font changes. Cost USD 1000.
-
- I am quite enthused especially about version (2).
- If you want to have 10 copies for your organization,
- and it costs $10 to make a printed copy, then the
- cost to make the 10 copies would be $125 + $200,
- or just $32.50 per copy, which is a substantial
- savings over purchasing paper copies.
-
- Versions (1) and (3) will be accompanied by a
- license restricting use to one CPU and prohibiting
- copying, except for backup purposes, etc. The
- version (2) license will prohibit distributing
- any of the printed copies outside of the purchasing
- organization.
-
- If you have special requirements, such as wanting
- to distribute a copy with each version of your compiler
- or using the source as a part of your documentation,
- we can make special arrangements, subject to the
- approval of the ISO. Please advise me of your
- requirements and we can work up a proposal together.
-
- ISO and Unicomp think this will provide the often
- requested access to the standard in electronic form.
- This is the first time this is being tried, so we hope
- that organizations will be careful to observe the rules
- and encourage the continued availability of this
- and other standards in electronic form.
-
- Payment can be made by Visa or MasterCard, or with
- a check on a US Bank in US funds. We will accept
- a purchase order only if the amount is $500 or more.
-
- [Keith: can you put some of this in the FAQ?]
- --
- Walt Brainerd walt@netcom.com
- Unicomp, Inc. +1-415-949-4052
- 235 Mt. Hamilton Ave. +1-415-949-4058 (fax)
- Los Altos, CA 94022 USA "F90--Fortran for the '90s"
-