To:		WG5

From:		A.Gorelik (Russia)

Subject:	Considerations concerning WG5 - N1092 (Fortran 2000) 



1.	The list of proposed Fortran requirements does not contain any features

providing Fortran evolution for parallel computing systems.

	I believe it would be very desirable to add at least two following features:

	(a)	A parallel sections construct providing parallel execution different

blocks.

	(b)	Means for declaration of objects that are private (local) to each

iteration of the cycle and to each block of parallel construct.

	These features together with HPF INDEPENDENT directive will give to

user convenient means for explicit parallelism specification.

	Fortran 95 array features plus HPF directives plus the proposed two

features will allow to utilize Fortran on a wide variety of SIMD and MIMD

systems.



2.	It is time to extend the obsolescent list with following elements: storage

association, ENTRY statement, BLOCK DATA subprogram, the old forms for the

relational operators.



3.	I support items 012, 017, 033, 038, 043, 044. I think items 048 and 067

(and certainly, 004, 013, 015, 020, 021, 024, 025, 053) are necessary already in Fortran

95.