From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 6 20:49:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5CA16A420; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:49:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A969243D4C; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:49:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26Kn5KY088854; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:49:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k26Kmtku088853; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:48:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:48:55 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman Message-ID: <20060306204855.GA88716@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org> <20060301224120.GA33946@gurney.reilly.home> <20060301230036.GA65289@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20060306204032.GA7835@green.homeunix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060306204032.GA7835@green.homeunix.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: current@freebsd.org, Garance A Drosehn , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:49:45 -0000 On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:40:32PM -0500, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:00:36PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:41:20AM +1100, Andrew Reilly wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:18:07PM -0500, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > > > Even > > > > though I do like to work with multiple computer languages (and > > > > in fact there is a lot I like about Modula-3), I do think a tool > > > > such as cvsup needs to be in a more universally-available and > > > > widely-known language. > > > > > > I like Modula-3 too (at least conceptually: I haven't found an > > > excuse to code in it), but not "widely-known" is perhaps even an > > > understatement. I came across this site the other day: > > > http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index > > > Which I thought pretty interesting. I noticed that Modula-3 > > > doesn't even make it into the top-100 popular languages, which > > > puts it below Algol, Oberon, and Modula-2. > > > > > > > Interesting site. Guess which language in the top 20 > > has the most recently approved International standard? > > Without even looking at the list... Fortran? > Yep. The February Headline declared Fortran as a dinosaur language; yet it is one of the newest International standards. http://www.j3-fortran.org/ -- Steve