Paul,   Thank for letting me know.  I will try to attend. I added the A format to Fortran in 1958. Was working on an ARPA Solid Rocket fuel-analysis contract at IBM/SBC, and the Hollerith-field only FORTRAN IO of that day was inadequate for labeling our outputs.   I was planning to present a brief note about that in Europe in eraly November, but have canceled that trip - too much overhead.   Gio (also to busy to get to SCC meetings --- ) <div> On 7/13/07, Paul McJones <<a href="mailto:paul@mcjones.org">paul@mcjones.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> This seems like a fitting venue. -------- Original Message -------- Subject:        Fwd: Fifty Years of Fortran Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:25:35 +0100 From:   Peter Crouch <<a href="mailto:pccrouch@bcs.org.uk"> pccrouch@bcs.org.uk</a>> Reply-To:       <a href="mailto:pccrouch@bcs.org.uk">pccrouch@bcs.org.uk</a> To:     FSG Committee List <<a href="mailto:fortrancom@lists.bcs.org.uk">fortrancom@lists.bcs.org.uk</a>> Hello to you all, Please see the message below from one of the organisers of the SC07 Conference.  It seems that my idea for a "Birds of a Feather" session to highlight 50 years of Fortran will be replaced by a session in the official programme.  I am very pleased to see that taking place, I only wish it had happened before I contacted a number of people to contribute to the possible BoF session. I don't recognise the names of any of the people mentioned in Harvey Wasserman's message and I have reservations about putting myself forward to speak about the "Future of Fortran" as well as wishing that there was a talk celebrating the work of John Backus as part of the programme. I have BCCed a number of my contacts in the western hemisphere onto this message and I would welcome comments from both sides of the Atlantic before I reply to Harvey. Best wishes, Peter Crouch ------------------------------------------------- Tel:    0121 523 6756 E-mail: <a href="mailto:pccrouch@bcs.org.uk">pccrouch@bcs.org.uk</a> ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** -------- Original Message -------- Subject:        Fifty Years of Fortran Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:56:57 -0700 From:   Harvey Wasserman < <a href="mailto:HJWasserman@lbl.gov">HJWasserman@lbl.gov</a>> To:     <a href="mailto:pccrouch@bcs.org.uk">pccrouch@bcs.org.uk</a> CC:     Nancy Wilkins-Diehr <<a href="mailto:wilkinsn@sdsc.edu">wilkinsn@sdsc.edu </a>>, Jose Moreira <<a href="mailto:jmoreira@us.ibm.com">jmoreira@us.ibm.com</a>> Dear Peter, Nancy Wilkins-Diehr forwarded to me your inquiries regarding the Fortran Golden Jubilee year and I'm happy to say that we are planning a Fortran@50 session at SC07. We've scheduled it for Thursday, November 15, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM.  It will take the form of a panel session and we'd like to ask you to speak as part of it.  It will NOT be a "Birds of a Feather" session. Although the complete lineup is still rather tentative we are envisioning the following. Fran Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita, has offered to be Master of Ceremonies, about which, we're very happy. Tentative Outline: 1. Introducing Fran Allen (José Moreira, SC07 Panels Chair) 5 minutes 2. Fran Allen talk 15 minutes 3. Compiler viewpoint 15 minutes 4. Application / user viewpoint 15 minutes 5. Architectural impacts of Fortran: 15 minutes 6. Future of Fortran 15 minutes 7. Questions from audience: 10 minutes Total: 90 minutes. José Moreira of IBM is lining up the speakers and has several in mind for items 3-5 so we're wondering if you would be willing to do the "Future of Fortran" segment. SC07 will be held November 10-16, 2007, in Reno, NV. Will you please let me know how all of this sounds to you? Thank you very much. Best regards, Harvey Wasserman NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SC07 Technical Program Chair http:/sc07.supercomputing.org _______________________________________________ SCC_active mailing list <a href="mailto:SCC_active@mail.computerhistory.org">SCC_active@mail.computerhistory.org</a> <a href="http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active">http://mail.computerhistory.org/mailman/listinfo/scc_active </a> </blockquote></div> -- Gio Wiederhold <a href="http://infolab.stanford.edu/people/gio.html">infolab.stanford.edu/people/gio.html</a>