Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:05:29 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Steve Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <b1fa29170605262105m5cff1dfdpbc25c3589cb6c4f4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <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> <20060527035150.GC3094@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Guys - sorry to interrupt. I'll get the admins to create a freebsd-bikesheds where this can be continued. On 5/26/06, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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