ISO/ IEC JTC1/SC22 N3759

From:ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces

Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI)

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3759

 

TITLE:

SC 22/WG 21 Business Plan/Convener's Report 

 

DATE ASSIGNED:

2004-07-12

 

SOURCE:

SC 22/WG 21 Convenor (H. Sutter)

 

BACKWARD POINTER:

N/A

 

DOCUMENT TYPE:

Other document (Open)

 

PROJECT NUMBER:

 

STATUS:

This document will be reviewed at the upcoming SC 22 Plenary under Agenda
Item 8.12.  

 

ACTION IDENTIFIER:

FYI

 

DUE DATE:

N/A

 

DISTRIBUTION:

Text

 

CROSS REFERENCE:

 

DISTRIBUTION FORM:

Open

 

 

Sally Seitz

ANSI

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Email:  sseitz@ansi.org <mailto:sseitz@ansi.org> 

 

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Business Plan and Convener's Report

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21(C++)

 

 

Document:       ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 N1662 = J16/04-0102

 

Period Covered: September 2003 - September 2004

 

Submitted By:   Convener, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG2l

                Herb Sutter

                Microsoft Corporation

                1 Microsoft Way

                Redmond WA 98052

                Email: hsutter@gotw.ca

                Tel: +1-425-707-6533

                Fax: +1-928-438-4456

 

 

1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

 

1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG21 STATEMENT OF SCOPE

 

Development and maintenance of ISO/IEC Standards related to the

programming language C++.

 

1.2. PROJECT REPORT

 

1.2.1. COMPLETED PROJECTS

 

JTC 1.22.32- Programming Language C++ - This project was delivered by the
publishing of ISO/IEC 14882:1998 (first standard) and :2003 (minor
revision).

 

1.2.2. PROJECTS UNDERWAY

 

JTC 1.22.18015 Information Technology - Programming Languages Technical

Report on C++ Performance (Technical Report Type 3)

 

JTC 1.22.19768 Information Technology - Programming Languages Technical

Report of Type 2 on C++ Library Extensions (based on ISO/IEC 14882)

 

JTC 1.22.24733 Information Technology - Programming Languages Technical

Report of Type 2 on Extensions for the programming language C++ to support
decimal floating point arithmetic

 

JTC 1.22.32- Work has begun on the first major revision.

 

1.2.3. CANCELLED PROJECTS

 

None over this period.

 

1.2.4. COOPERATION and COMPETITION

 

Where appropriate, WG21 has established liaisons with other SC22 and SC22
liaison organizations' working groups. There is no direct competition with
any other current SC22 working group. Related work is being done in
SC22/WG14 (C) and Ecma TC39/TG5 (C++/CLI) with broad WG21 liaison to both
groups.

 

 

2. PERIOD REVIEW

 

2.1. MARKET REQUIREMENTS

 

ISO C++ remains a widely-used foundation technology, well-received in

the marketplace. WG21 is developing a revision of ISO 14882, and is

completing work on a Technical Report on C++ Library Extensions.

 

2.2. ACHIEVEMENTS

 

The technical work on JTC 1.22.18015 Information Technology Programming

Languages Technical Report on C++ Performance (Technical Report Type 3)

is complete and in DTR balloting.

 

2.3. RESOURCES

 

WG21 meets two times per year in co-located technical sessions with the

US committee J16. Over the past year, WG21 has timed its technical

sessions to catenate with WG14, allowing those technical experts that

would like to attend both technical sessions the opportunity to do so.

(The convener of WG21 wishes to thank the convener of WG14 for valiant

efforts at harmonious liaison.)

 

Fifteen countries participate by attending these meetings or by being

involved in the technical discussions that take place over the

reflector. The countries are: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France,

Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland,
UK, and USA.  WG21 has been monitoring the cross-language

standards activities, and made use of the ISO/IEC JTC1/WG20 guidelines on
extended characters.

 

Liaisons:

 

  SC22/WG14 - C

    Steve Clamage (Sun, USA)

    Greg Colvin (Oracle, USA)

    Francis Glassborow (UK)

    Robert Klarer (IBM, Canada)

    Jan Kristofferson (Ramtex, Denmark)

    Habib Krit (Perennial, USA)

    Clark Nelson (Intel, USA)

    Tana Plauger (Dinkumware, USA)

    Tom Plum (Plum Hall, USA)

    Keld Simonsen (RAP, Norway)

 

  SC22/WG20 - Internationalization

    Keld Simonsen

 

  Ecma TC39/TG5 - C++/CLI

    J. Stephen Adamczyk (Edison Design Group, USA)

    Jonathan Caves (Microsoft, USA)

    Gabriel Dos Reis (France)

    Francis Glassborow (UK)

    Lois Goldthwaite (UK)

    Alisdair Meredith (UK)

    Roger Orr (UK)

    P.J. Plauger (Dinkumware, USA)

    Tana Plauger (Dinkumware, USA)

    Tom Plum (Plum Hall, USA)

    John Spicer (Edison Design Group, USA)

    Bjarne Stroustrup (Texas A&M University, USA)

    Herb Sutter (WG21 Convener)

    Daveed Vandevoorde (Edison Design Group, USA)

 

 

3. FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD

 

3.1. DELIVERABLES

 

The DTR ballot for JTC 1.22.18015 Information Technology Programming

Languages Technical Report on C++ Performance (Technical Report Type 3)

is in progress.

 

Technical work on JTC 1.22.19768 Information Technology - Programming

Languages Technical Report of Type 2 on C++ Library Extensions (based

on ISO/IEC 14882) is expected to be completed at the October 2004 or

April 2005 meeting.

 

A New Work Item request is currently being balloted to begin a second

Library Extensions Type 2 TR to continue extensions to the C++ standard

library.

 

Technical work on JTC 1.22.24733 Information Technology - Programming

Languages Technical Report of Type 2 on Extensions for the programming

language C++ to support decimal floating point arithmetic (based on ISO/IEC
14882) is getting underway with broad liaison coordination with WG14's
similar work item.

 

3.2. STRATEGIES

 

WG believes that routine handling will suffice to complete the progress

desired.

 

3.3. RISKS

 

No problems are anticipated.

 

3.4. OPPORTUNITIES

 

Nothing new to report.

 

3.5. WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES

 

 

4. OTHER ITEMS

 

4.1. POSSIBLE ACTION REQUESTS AT FORTHCOMING PLENARY

 

Nothing to report.

 

4.2 PROJECT EDITORS

 

The following individuals have been appointed project editors and

backup Project editors:

 

JTC1.22.32, Programming Language C++:

  Pete Becker (Project Editor)

  Thomas Plum (Backup Project Editor)

 

JTC1.22.18015, Technical Report on C++ Performance:

  Lois Goldthwaite (Project Editor)

  Detlef Vollmann (Backup Project Editor)

 

JTC1.22.19768, Technical Report on C++ Library Extensions

  Matt Austern (Project Editor)

  Pete Becker (Backup Project Editor)

 

4.3 ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION

 

WG21 has conducted much of its detailed technical discussion using the

email reflector provided by the UK Association for C and C++ Users (ACCU)
and Andrew Koenig.  WG21 also has an FTP and Web site provided by courtesy
of the Danish UNIX Users Group and Keld Simonsen.  WG21 is now providing all
the appropriate committee documents on the Committee Web site, reducing the
need for paper mailings.

 

4.4 RECENT MEETINGS

 

No  Date             Location; Standards Body, Corporate Sponsor

--  ---------------  ---------------------------------------------------

18  Mar  9-14, 1997  Nashua, NH, USA; ANSI, Digital Equip. Corp.

19  Jul 13-18, 1997  Cambridge, UK; BSI, Programming Research

20  Nov  9-14, 1997  New Jersey, USA; ANSI, AT&T

21  Mar  8-13, 1998  Sophia Antipolis, FR; AFNOR, Ilog

22  Oct  6- 9, 1998  Santa Cruz, CA, USA; ANSI, SGI, Plum Hall, Perennial

23  Apr 11-16, 1999  Dublin, Ireland; Irish Standards, O'Riordan

24  Oct 20-26, 1999  Kona, Hawaii, USA; ANSI, Plum Hall

25  Apr 17-21, 2000  Tokyo, Japan; ITSCJ, NEC

26  Oct 23-27, 2000  Toronto, ON, Canada; Standards Canada,

                                          IBM, PeerDirect, Xerox

27  Apr 30-

        May 4, 2001  Copenhagen, Denmark; Danish Standards

28  Oct 21-26, 2001  Redmond, WA, USA; ANSI, Microsoft

29  Apr 21-26, 2002  Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; Netherlands

30  Oct 22-27, 2002  Santa Cruz, CA USA; ANSI, Dinkumware

31  Apr 06-11, 2003  Oxford, UK; BSI

32  Oct 26-31, 2003  Kona, HI, USA; ANSI, Plum Hall

33  Mar 21-26, 2004  Sydney, Australia: Standards Australia, Whitesmiths

34  Oct 24-29, 2004  Redmond, WA, USA; ANSI, Microsoft

 

4.5 FUTURE MEETINGS

 

34  Apr 10-15, 2005  Lillehammer, Norway; Norwegian Standards

35  Oct  2- 7, 2005  Mt. Tremblant, PQ, Canada; Standards Canada

 

 

 

Sally Seitz

Program Administrator

ANSI

25 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 642-4918

Fax: (212) 840-2298