Considerations for future programming language standards activities

  • Authors:
  • John A. N. Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1977

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Abstract

This paper reviews the current state of programming language standards activities with respect to the anomalies which exist between the various published and proposed standards for Fortran, Cobol, PL/I, and Basic. Proposals are made for the inclusion of formalisms within future standards and the extension of the standards to include additional items such as error conditions and documentation.