Lee, John A. N.2013-06-192013-06-191976http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20235This paper reviews the current state of programming language standards activities with respect to the anomalies which exist between the various published and proposed standards for FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I and BASIC. Proposals are made for the inclusion of formalisms within future standards and the extension of the standards to include additional items such as error conditions and documentation.application/pdfenIn CopyrightTechnical reportCS76014-Rhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000815/01/CS76014-R.pdf