Version 100-2.0 of NASA FITS Standard released

Peter Bunclark psb at ast.cam.ac.uk
Tue Apr 27 05:44:26 EDT 1999


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UNFITTED.

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>     The real problem is the word "deprecate" itself.  That word has
> been given a meaning by the ANSI which has been used then with Fortran
> and other languages (at least).  The word means that the deprecated
> feature will be no longer supported at some future date.  I suspect
> that we cannot use an arbitrary definition of the word which we make
> up and spell out.  The word has a meaning to the standards business
> and we do not mean that meaning.  I think we should find a new word.
> The problem is that I do not know what that word is.  Does anyone
> anywhere have a suggestion?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric W Greisen



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