COMAL/standardization

COMAL Language Standardization Activities 1979-89

Beneath you will find links to Papers from COMALs Standardization and Development Groups
The Papers are from the document archive of Erling Schmidt and here arranged in chronological order by Ebbe Christoffersen 2014

The first efforts for standardization of COMAL 80

COMAL 80 SAMPLE PROGRAMS 1978-79: Børge R. Christensen: Sample programs - RCComal and XComal 1978-79
COMAL 80 SYNTAX DIAGRAMS 1979: Børge R. Christensen: Syntax Diagrams COMAL 80 with Comments 1979?; Børge R. Christensen: Syntax Diagrams COMAL 80 with Comments Sept. 1979

Comal 80 Programming Language Working Group 1979-80

MINUTES AND MEMBERS LIST OF THE WORKING GROUP etc.: Letter from Tom Østerby: Material from Meeting at ICL, Nov. 2, 1979 / 05-11-1979; Tom Østerby ref.: Minutes: Working Group, Nov. 2, 1979 / 05-11-1979; List of Working Group Members 05-11-1979
COMAL 80 DEFINITION PROPOSAL: Tom Østerby ed.: Prelimenary Proposal - Comal 80 Definition 17-12-1979.; Tom Østerby ed.: Proposal - Comal 80 Definition 25-03-1980 (from DDHFs archive)
FILE SYSTEM PROPOSAL: COMAL 80 File System Extension 04-03-1980 (not in ES and DDHFs archives)

Standardization and Development Group Meetings 1983 - 1989(?)

Seminar at Regnecentralen, Cph., Denmark. Febr. 28 and March 1, 1983

AGENDA, MEMBERS LIST AND MINUTES etc.: Rules for COMAL80 Working Groups; Agenda with Members List; Minutes Comal80 Standardization Group Meeting Febr. 28, 1983; Members of The Development Group; Minutes Comal80 Development Group Meeting March 1, 1983; Brendan Lynch? (TCD): Handwritten Draft to Group Member Lists, activities and a "Roadmap" for the Work in the Groups; Brendan Lynch (TCD): Letter to Erling Schmidt and the other Members of the Development Group; Kevin_Ryan (TCD): Comments to the Meetings Febr./March 1983
VARIOUS PROPOSALS for Debate and Decision making at the Seminar: CBM Group: Comments of the Ending Keyword in the FOR Structure; Lars Laursen (CBM) ed.: Proposal for A Comal80 Error Handler; TCD Group: Proposal for a Comal80 Package; Arne Christensen (Metanic): Contrasting Different Definitions of DIV and MOD; Arne Christensen (Metanic): Scope, Rules and Binding; Arne Christensen (Metanic): Packages, Extensions and EXEC in Comal80
PRESS RELEASE: Press Release from RC concerning the RC Seminar; and supplementary information from RC concerning the Press Release

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 1983

NOTIFICATION: Kevin Ryan (TCD): Notification of the Meetings Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 1983

University of Copenhagen, Denmark (RECKU), Cph. Dec. 2 & 3, 1983

AGENDA AND MINUTES etc.: Kevin Ryan (TCD): Agenda for Standardization and Development Group Meetings Dec. 2 & 3, 1983; Minutes Comal80 Standardization and Development Group Meetings Dec. 2 & 3, 1983
VARIOUS PROPOSALS for Debate and Decision making: TCD Group: Proposals; TCD_Group: An Environment for_COMAL; Colleen Kitchen (TCD): An Outline of TCD COMAL Packages; Colleen Kitchen (TCD): A Proposal for TCD-Packages
ARTICLE, Encl. for the Meeting: Revolution_in_Education / Practical Computing p.137-138 Nov. 1982
INTERIM REPORT: Kevin Ryan (TCD) ed.: Draft - COMAL80 Kernel - Syntax and Semantics, Dec. 1983 (rewritten from poor original)
MINUTES etc.: Letter from Birgit Landgrebe (RC): Med orientering om disse møder; Letter from Anders Ansted (DDE): Sammendrag af formødet 28-01-1984
PROPOSAL: Letter from Anders Ansted (DDE): Følgebrev til forslag og mødedato; DDE, UniComal og RC: Proposal for the COMAL80 Kernel

TeleNova, Nynäshamn, Sweden. March 13 to 16, 1985

NOTIFICATION AND AGENDA: Kevin Ryan (TCD): Notification and Agenda of the Meetings Mar. 13-16, 1985
PROPOSAL: Kjell Andersson og Hakan Hjelmmestad (TeleLOGIC): Proposal – Implementation of Package in COMPIS Comal 20-09-1984
MINUTES: Kevin Ryan (TCD): Draft - Minutes of Comal-80 Standardization and Development Groups Meetings at Telenova, Nynäshamn, Sweden, 13th - 15th March 1985
INTERIM REPORT: Kevin Ryan (TCD) ed.: Comal Kernel - Syntax & Semantics* April 1985 (rewritten from poor original); *same Report issued as "COMAL KERNAL 1985" in COMAL TODAY, #17, 1985, p. 40-54. Note on page 54:; "[This is the April 1985 COMAL Kernal, the latest edition that we have. Items in italics are our own clarifications and comments, which we are proposing to be added into the Kernal.]"

The seperate Meetings of Members from the Standardization Group from DDE, UniComal and RC continious

VARIOUS PROPOSALS: DDE, UniComal og RC: Proposal for the COMAL80 Kernel Febr. 1985; DDE, UniComal og RC: Additional Proposals for the COMAL80_KERNEL March 5, 1985; DDE, UniComal og RC: Proposal for Standard Comal July 10, 1985

Pollack Halls of Residence, University of Edinburgh, UK. Sept. 19 to 21, 1985

NOTIFICATION: Kevin Ryan (TCD): Notification of the Meetings Sept. 19 to 21, 1985
VARIOUS PROPOSALS: David Christensen & Ian Malcolm: Extensions to COMAL 1-3 August 21, 1985; Proposal 1: Extensions; Proposal 2: Precedence of Procedures and Functions; Proposal 3: Global

Request from Peter Buckinshaw (TeleNova) to Erling Schmidt concerning to reopen the Developement Meetings - (June 6, 1986)

REOPENING OF MEETINGS: Peter Burkinshaw (TeleNova): Call on reopening of the Meetings May 16, 1986
PROPOSAL: Peter Burkinshaw (TeleNova): Comal Standard Extension Proposals May 30, 1986

Hornstrup Center, Hornstrup Kirkeby, Vejle, Denmark, august, 14th - 16th1986

NOTIFICATIONS: Jens Erik Jensen (UniComal): Notification of the Meetings Aug., 14th to 16th, 1986
PROHIBITION: Bo Gärdmark (Mytech AB): Prohibition from Mytech AB Aug. 12, 1986
PROPOSALS: UniComal: PRINT separators, IN operator and dyadic multiplication of strings 14-08-1986; RC, UniComal and DDE: "A PROPOSAL FOR PACKAGES" to the COMAL Development Group. (no date)
Unofficial Summary: Brian Grainger (observant): Artikel in COMAL TODAY No. 15, 1987, pages 62 - 65.

International Conference for COMAL-87 Standardizations and Development Group Members, Portsmouth, UK. Apr. 9 to 11, 1987

INVITATION, IMPLEMENTATIONS SURVEY FORM AND ADRESS LIST OF PARTICIPIANTS: John Clack (Polytechnic of North London): 2 Letters. March 1987:; a) Booking Form for the Conference; b) A Form Concerning a Survey of current COMAL Implementation Activities; c) COMAL Mailing List.
PROPOSAL: Len Lindsey (COMAL User Group - USA): Proposals to COMAL Standards Group. March 16 to 19, 1987

COMAL/standardization

Indholdsfortegnelse

The first efforts for standardization of COMAL 80

Comal 80 Programming Language Working Group 1979-80

Standardization and Development Group Meetings 1983 - 1989(?)

Seminar at Regnecentralen, Cph., Denmark. Febr. 28 and March 1, 1983

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 1983

University of Copenhagen, Denmark (RECKU), Cph. Dec. 2 & 3, 1983

Bulmershe College, Reading, UK. Apr. 13 to 14, 1984

Emmanuel College, Cambridge UK. Sept. 27 to 29, 1984

Meeting with Participiants from the Standardization Group from DDE, UniComal and RC before the Meeting in Nynäshamn, Sweden, March 13 to 16, 1985

TeleNova, Nynäshamn, Sweden. March 13 to 16, 1985

The seperate Meetings of Members from the Standardization Group from DDE, UniComal and RC continious

Pollack Halls of Residence, University of Edinburgh, UK. Sept. 19 to 21, 1985

Request from Peter Buckinshaw (TeleNova) to Erling Schmidt concerning to reopen the Developement Meetings - (June 6, 1986)

Hornstrup Center, Hornstrup Kirkeby, Vejle, Denmark, august, 14th - 16th1986

International Conference for COMAL-87 Standardizations and Development Group Members, Portsmouth, UK. Apr. 9 to 11, 1987

OTHERS

Mailing List, October 11, 1984

Borge R. Christensen: The Story of COMAL, COMAL Today, COMAL User Group USA, Toronto, Canada, #25, [1989], page 9:

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