Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:46:42 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: kmacy@fsmware.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <20060530014642.GB33161@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170605262035u4ac8f3jc0a022f335903522@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477C401.2080307@rogers.com> <38C8392F-C345-41F7-A879-6C2F5D2C59F5@orthanc.ca> <b1fa29170605262035u4ac8f3jc0a022f335903522@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 08:35:23PM -0700, Kip Macy wrote: > Irrelevant. The question is, as a percentage of FreeBSD users, how > many use fortran? A much larger percentage use perl and python, and > those are in ports. > -Kip Not irrelevant - we have a lot of things in the base system due to history and tradition. FORTRAN is one of them. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?
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