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On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, jd1008 wrote:

>
>
> On 01/16/2016 04:22 PM, Adam Vande More wrote:
>>  On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 4:15 PM, john.haraden--- via freebsd-questions <
>>  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> >  When will the base system ship with a fortran compiler?
>>
>>  Almost certainly never.
>> 
>> 
>> >  Why not resurrect the old f77?
>> >
>>  Why don't you do it and not burden base with your niche desires?
>> 
> What a nasty NASTY response to a very very valid request.
>

There is a valid point in not deleting a capability merely because it has 
become less popular - viz ed, sed, awk etc. People appreciate the 
reduction in risk.

daniel feenberg