2005 INCITS Technical Committee Officers Symposium

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2005 INCITS Technical Committee Officers
Symposium

• Las Vegas, Nevada
• J11 Programming Language C
• Randy Meyers, Chair

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1. TC Scope

• Standardization of C Programming Language
• Co-located meetings with and TAG for SC22/WG14
• General marketplace wants stable language, so no
  changes to standard at this time
• But, many demands from special interest
  marketplaces, so committee is doing Type 2 Tech
  Reports

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Current Work

• TR on Secure Library Functions new functions to
  support writing secure applications
• TR on Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic support
  for new hardware datatypes
• TR on Special Math Functions new library
  functions for advanced math (e.g., Bessel
  functions)

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2. Significant Accomplishments

• TR on Secure Library Functions registered
• TR on Extensions to Support Embedded Processors
  approved
• TR on Additional Character Data Types approved
• Technical Corrigendum 2 approved

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3. Significant Challenges

• None.
• Work has been uneventful and has proceeded at a
  smooth pace in a timely fashion

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4. Expected Challenges

• The Secure Library work has generated interest in
  adding more secure functions
• Might go into current TR
• Might request a New Work Item for additional
  functions, so not to delay current TR

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5. Liaison Activities

• Close liaison to J16 (C)
• Many committee members in common, J11 appoints
  all as liaisons to J16

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6. Future Trends and Related Technical Activities

• C is a popular, economically important language
• C and Java have reduced the desire for
  extensions
• Marketplace does not want disruptions to existing
  code base
• But, strong interest from specialty markets
  (embedded) and special interests (security)

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Meetings

• Two meetings per year
• Co-located with WG14
• September 2005 in Mont Trembant, Quebec, Canada
• Late March/Early April, 2006 in Berlin, Germany

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7. How Can We Help?

• Nothing additional needed
• INCITS Staff very helpful, make process easy