From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 27 03:51:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 471E316A496 for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 03:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA94643D53 for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 03:51:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4R3poke003240; Fri, 26 May 2006 20:51:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k4R3po8f003239; Fri, 26 May 2006 20:51:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:51:50 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Mike Jakubik Message-ID: <20060527035150.GC3094@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477C401.2080307@rogers.com> <20060527032148.GA2777@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477CB59.6040802@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4477CB59.6040802@rogers.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 03:51:54 -0000 On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:45:29PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:14:09PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > >>Agreed, who the hell still uses Fortran? > >> > > > >I don't see a smiley, so I can only assume you're speaking > >out of ignorance of the Fortran language. I guess I can > >also assume you have no knowledge of numerical analysis > >and high performance computing. > > > >PS: Check the ChangeLog for gfortran. > > > > Yes, i have no experience with Fortran, but the words high performance > computing and the name of a prehistoric programming language just don't > appear in my sentences. Once again, who the hell uses Fortan on FreeBSD? > 0.1% of all users? When was the current C standard ratified? When was the current Fortran standard ratified? Does FreeBSD's C compiler conform to that standard? You can educate yourself at http://www.j3-fortran.org/ HPC and Fortran go hand in hand. Clearly, you have no clue as to what Fortran is. -- Steve