From owner-freebsd-fortran@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 21 00:07:04 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fortran@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1BA5472 for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from eu1sys200aog119.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog119.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1DEA8D for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com ([209.85.212.182]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob119.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUesmIbVA4NpuNFxfH6BSy92lPzAn64sr@postini.com; Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:07:04 UTC Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id m6so732505wiv.15 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:06:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:cc:reply-to:in-reply-to :x-gm-message-state; bh=IrfeBmlgawDeeygr9cDU133pB3vcsJHzvyuWOrnKIks=; b=KXabh7j2FABHbMTMB9STV5lsstoiLQvbb9niKSvyszElf5ldzIISlb2o/K4mpKZ1ON cd3diTthKgdh/PHQHWe5ZsOulC6JfnZSF0JgMN9gWbC8rKNirONIeNi+euYo3KOMs2PP JEj2r5vLuu+H2dfmPqwDq/EVT4w54ZKnEPwjmpv2SoMlDnK75py5sQGsyJWhz9bok/HQ rgCVCAJgqzh8JxXCpG/JEJ55E/eJmXWQq5gUQ0DEka7xSQpCfE1phwsmTBL/76qQ4T4T 33D6Dfdxg/ZIYW3zAqfniRXLaD8ftE9wJxnoZCxEtmJCFGaXleVYU1PkQvEFLI4aXJwX Eb0A== X-Received: by 10.180.187.209 with SMTP id fu17mr14676268wic.52.1374364797039; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:59:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.187.209 with SMTP id fu17mr14676263wic.52.1374364796943; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u9sm31664471wif.6.2013.07.20.16.59.55 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Anton Shterenlikht Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r6KNxrBC009980 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:59:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6/Submit) id r6KNxrKO009979; Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:59:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:59:53 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201307202359.r6KNxrKO009979@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: mexas@bris.ac.uk, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Subject: Re: math/slatec - worth fixing deleted language features? In-Reply-To: <20130720202640.GA68466@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQng9ZVnucKcZzU7Q+f4OKtwC3VbEfs10QIaRSlM5YGnMJfvOGj4m1J2f7XiLUVm1bKZAaM4vT+agJ165l1Idud4JhLA/IdEw/aRQGvwidsuqJ7AQsuPAHy6P2Xu+7VC6BtwgfUBmVI1MTIYkIn7+6WnghTWFQ== Cc: fortran@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-fortran@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk List-Id: Fortran on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:07:04 -0000 >From sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Sat Jul 20 23:23:52 2013 > >On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 06:37:45PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> Anybody uses math/slatec? > >I don't use it currently. When I was actively contributing to >gfortran (to ensure that gfortran worked on FreeBSD), I fed >routinely fed slatec into gfortran looking for bugs. > >> This is a collection of >1400 f77 routines. >> The problem is that there is no upstream anymore, >> and the code has deleted features, e.g.: > >(snip) > >> Fixing each individual deleted feature is not that hard. > >There is nothing to fix. You will be hard pressed to find >a Fortran, which works on FreeBSD, that does not support >the deleted features used by slatec. > >> In addition, there is a risk of introducing new bugs. >> The library, as it is, is supposed to be thoroughly tested. > >This is why compilers still support the deleted features. Code >written 50 years will still compile and work. > >> >> So I'll asking for opinions on what to do >> with math/slatec; (1) nothing - leave as it is, > >yes ok, thanks Anton