From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 27 06:49:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DCE16A96B for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 06:49:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from sippysoft.com (gk.360sip.com [72.236.70.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89BA343D46 for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 06:49:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.1.7] (S0106000f3d63befd.vs.shawcable.net [70.71.19.119]) (authenticated bits=0) by sippysoft.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4R6nmvu064663 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 May 2006 23:49:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4477F687.2030109@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:49:43 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Sippy Software, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: marty fouts References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477C401.2080307@rogers.com> <38C8392F-C345-41F7-A879-6C2F5D2C59F5@orthanc.ca> <1B5AEAC9-2A87-40F1-B2D4-2069DCBC30FE@orthanc.ca> <4477EFDF.80608@alumni.rice.edu> <9f7850090605262331j352d98acwa3837251300c591b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9f7850090605262331j352d98acwa3837251300c591b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg , Mike Jakubik , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, kmacy@fsmware.com, Steve Kargl Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 06:49:53 -0000 C'mon. Nothing in the base system requires fortran - install the version you like from ports and enjoy the life. What's the problem? -Maxim marty fouts wrote: > On 5/26/06, Jonathan Noack wrote: >> On 05/27/06 00:05, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: >> > On May 26, 2006, at 8:35 PM, 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. >> > >> > My gut feeling is that you just argued for moving the C compiler to >> > ports, too :-( >> >> You're forgetting that the kernel and most of userland are written in C. >> The C compiler isn't going anywhere... >> >> -Jonathan >> >> -- >> Jonathan Noack | noackjr@alumni.rice.edu | OpenPGP: 0x991D8195 >> > > I dunno. If you follow this to its logical conclusion, since most > people don't compile anything, there's no reason for *any* compiler to > be in the base system. > > (removes tongue from cheek) > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >