At the conference on Functional Programming Languages and Computer Architecture (FPCA '87) in Portland, Oregon, there was a strong consensus that a committee be formed to define an open standard for such languages.
在俄勒冈波特兰的函数式编程语言与计算机结构大会（FPCA '87）上，参加者一致同意形成一个委员会来为这样的语言定义一种开放性标准。