Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:12:50 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <672BC9B0-5BE8-41CF-B5F0-5E00DD686A54@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060527035306.GH744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <D65FE4A4-0975-465D-807A-9F7FF93763C8@orthanc.ca> <20060527035306.GH744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On May 26, 2006, at 8:53 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > - Nothing in the base system depends on FORTRAN. I'm sure you could make that argument for half of the programs in / usr/bin. I don't have a problem with unbundling per-se. I do have a problem with the totally specious arguments that have been put forth so far to justify Fortran's removal. If there are real reasons for it, let's hear them. --lyndon
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