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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>
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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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