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---+ May 30 2007 - P1778 workgroup Meeting Minutes

   * Workgroup:  P1778 - Esterel v7 language standardization
   * Location:   Teleconference (see [[Next Meeting]] to connect)
   * Date:       30 May 2007
   * Chair:      Gerard Berry
   * Vice Chair: Stephen Edwards
   * Secretary:  Sylvan Dissoubray

---++ Attendance

   * See [[Attendance Record]] for meetings participation history


---++ Agenda


---++ Process

   * *Start*: Chair declares the meeting open at 5:09
   * *Agenda*: The agenda is approved by participants
   * *Minutes*: No objections about last meeting minutes -- they are approved
   * *Patents*: No new item . The page [[IEEE Patent Policy]] holds the call for patent, and workgroup status.

---=== Results of vote for workgroup officers

   * Officers have been elected by e-mail vote (18 members, 16 approval received, 2 missing votes). 
   * The votes are recorded on [[Working Group Roster]] page.

---++ Technical topics

_Brief summary of discussion, pros and cons, and conclusions_

   * Discussion of page Esterel v7 Tex LRM Data chapter are reviewed and discussed. Updated status will be reflected on the page as the discussion is continued.

---++ Motions and actions items with name and due date

   * Stephen Edwards: Provide information about patent (see [[IEEE Patent Policy]])

This is US Patent 7,100,164, issued August 29, 2006; filed January 6, 2000.
[http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/papers/patent7100164.pdf "Method & Apparatus for Converting a Concurrent Control Flow Graph into a Sequential Control Flow Graph."]

It covers more-or-less the compilation technique I developed for the Synopsys
compiler, which is also described in Stephen A. Edwards.
[http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/papers/edwards2002esterel.pdf An Esterel compiler for large control-dominated systems]. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 21(2), February 2002.

It describes a particular technique for generating C code from Esterel, but certainly not the only one.

   * Raphael Bernhard: Provide information about patent (see [[IEEE Patent Policy]])

   * Add a blackboard for discussion (SD/GB)


---++ Adjournment and Next meeting date

Meeting is closed.
Topic revision: r2 - 2008-09-23 - 15:17:40 - SylvanDissoubray
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