Questions on LCAS/LIA

[Fred Tydeman]

1)  What are the bits of LIA status? CD, pre-CD, DIS?
 
I assume that CD means Committee Draft and DIS means Draft International
Standard.  The answer is ...
 
The LIA-part 1 (dated 03/91) is the first CD of the document.  This
version was balloted within SC22 to progress it to Draft International
Standard.  This ballot actually passed, but 2 negative votes from the US
and France prompted SC22/WG11 to decide to not progress the document.
The editor of the LIA-part 1 was instructed to produce a second CD of
the document with changes aimed at satisfying these negative comments.
The second CD is the version of the LIA-part 1 that is expected to be
distributed within the next couple of weeks.  As soon as this is
available, another ballot will be started within SC22 to progress the
LIA-part 1 to Draft International Standard.  At the same time, there
will be a public comment initated within the US.
 
The status of parts 2 and 3 is that no working drafts have been produced
for either of these projects.  Working drafts for parts 2 and 3 are not
expected until April 1993.
 
 
2)  Are the X3T2 or SC22/WG11 committee meetings are open to the public?
    How can I find out when and where the next meeting will take place?
 
The next two X3T2 meetings are:
 
         September 28 - October  2, 1992  in Kansas City
         January    4 - January  8, 1993  in Albuquerque
 
The next two SC22/WG11 meetings are:
 
         August    21 - August  24, 1992  in Tampere, Finland
         October   12 - October 16, 1992  in Paris, France
 
The X3T2 meetings are open to anyone, although only members can vote.
The SC22/WG11 meetings are NOT open to anyone.  You must be a nominated
delegate from a SC22 member body nation or a nominated liaison in order
to attend.  The US delegation to SC22/WG11 is nominated by X3T2 and this
delegation must support the US positions even though they may conflict
with their own or their company's position.
 
 
3)  Can you tell me if the proposed standards are ftp-able from some
    site?
 
A postscript copy of the Language Compatible Arithmetic Standard
(version 3.1, first committee draft, dated 1 March 1991) is available
for anonymous FTP from
 
       node:  crl.dec.com
       file:  pub/misc/lcas.ps
       user:  anonymous
 
 
4)  I would be interested in seeing the FPA and Complex Arithmetic
    portions of the proposed standards.
 
I suggust that you contact the authors of the LCAS/LIA:
 
Brian Wichmann                   internet: bawaseg.npl.co.uk
National Physical Laboratory     phone:    +44 81 977 3222 x6976
Teddington, Middlesex TW11 OLW   fax:      +44 81 977 7091
England
 
Craig Schaffert                  internet: schaffertacrl.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.          phone:    +1 617-621-6617
One Kendall Square, Bldg 700     fax:      +1 617-621-6650
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
 
Mary Payne (MLO1-3/B68)          internet: payneardvax.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.          phone:    +1 508-493-2586
146 Main Street                  fax:      +1 508-493-3253
Maynard, MA 01754
USA
 
Martha Jaffe (MLO1-3/B68)        internet: jaffeartl.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.          phone:    +1 508-493-3385
146 Main Street                  fax:      +1 508-493-3253
Maynard, MA 01754
USA
 
ISO Doc No.: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG11/N212 and N229
ISO Project: JTC 1.22.28
 
ANSI Doc No.: X3T2/91-006 and 91-073
ANSI Project: 686-I
 
A version (2.2?) of the LCAS was published in ACM SIGPLAN Notices,
Vol. 25, No. 1, January 1990, pp. 59-86.
 
Version 3.0 (dated December 26, 1990) of the LCAS was presented to the
NCEG (Numerical C Extensions Group) at the March 4-5, 1991 meeting.
 
These are not IBM's views, these are the personal ones of:
Fred Tydeman, IBM, Austin, Texas (512) 838-3322; fax (512) 838-3484
AIX S/6000 Math library architect & IBM's rep to NCEG (X3J11.1)
Internet: tydemanaibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com    uucp: uunet!ibmsupt!tydeman