Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 01:20:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <20060527011519.P23860@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060527042517.GA3503@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <D65FE4A4-0975-465D-807A-9F7FF93763C8@orthanc.ca> <20060527035306.GH744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <672BC9B0-5BE8-41CF-B5F0-5E00DD686A54@orthanc.ca> <20060527042517.GA3503@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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> g77 is dead, gone, not available with GCC 4.1.1. gfortran is > is, IMHO, a good compiler but it has warts and bugs. Maintaining > it in the tree will slow down the availability of bug fixes. > Relegating it to ports will allow patches and bug fixes to be > incorporate at a much higher rate. Okay, this I can buy. How does GCC 4.1 get along with the output of f2c? While it's not optimal, an f77 built on it would preserve the existing functionality if g77 dies. --lyndon
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