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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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