ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5-N2225



             RESOLUTIONS OF THE HYBRID WG5 MEETING
         HELD ON JUNE 12 TO 16, 2023 IN MANCHESTER, UK


The meeting was attended by the Convenor and 25 members from six
national member bodies. Resolutions M1 to M7 were approved by
unanimous consent. Resolutions M8 to M12 were approved by unanimous
acclaim.

M1. Strategic plan for 2023-2028
WG5 adopts the updated strategic plan as defined in document N2220.

M2.  Appreciation of INCITS/Fortran
WG5 expresses its appreciation to INCITS/Fortran (formerly PL22.3) for
successfully progressing the draft Fortran standard to the FDIS stage.
In particular WG5 again congratulates the Project Editor, Malcolm
Cohen, for the high quality and speed of his work.

M3.  Paragraph numbers in programming language standards
WG5 directs its Convenor to request SC22 to draw to the attention of
ITTF the desirability of using paragraph numbers in programming language
standards.

M4.  Availability of Working Group documents
WG5 endorses its Convenor's request that SC22 petition JTC1 to return
to its former policy, defined in SD 23, whereby most working group
documents are freely available.

M5.  Requirements for Fortran 202y
WG5 advises its member bodies that it intends to finalize its list of
work items for the revision of the Fortran 2023 standard at the
2024 WG5 meeting and requests them to submit their requirements in
time for discussion at that meeting.

M6.  Development of Fortran 202y
WG5 directs its primary development body, INCITS/Fortran, to prepare a
revision of the Fortran 2023 Standard which should include the items
listed in N2222.
 
M7.  TR on Avoiding Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages
WG5 thanks John Reid, Steve Lionel, and Tom Clune for their work in
developing document N2221, the current draft of the Fortran part of TR
24772 'Guidance to avoiding vulnerabilities in programming languages'.
WG5 directs that they further develop the document and forward it to
WG23 for processing.

M8.  Appreciation of presentations
WG5 expresses its appreciation to Hidetoshi Iwashita and Brad
Richardson for their excellent presentations on Generic Programming
and Templates.

M9.  Appreciation of Steve Lionel
WG5 expresses its appreciation to Steve Lionel for maintaining the WG5
website and for ensuring that WG5 documents continue to be publicly
available.

M10.  Future Meetings
WG5 thanks Damian Rouson for offering to host the summer 2024 WG5
meeting at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA.

M11.  Meeting Host
WG5 thanks Nathan Sircombe for hosting the WG5 meeting at Arm,
Manchester and thanks his colleagues Ross Keeping and Tania Brankov
for arranging for provision of the meeting rooms, audio-visual
facilities and refreshments.

M12. Vote of Thanks for Support of the Meeting
WG5 expresses its appreciation to the Convenor (Steve Lionel), the
Secretary (John Reid) and the Drafting Committee (Reinhold Bader,
Daniel Chen, Magne Haveraaen, Gary Klimowicz, David Muxworthy, and
Masayuki Takata) for their contributions to the success of the
meeting.