From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 22 13:10:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02810 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail2.lig.bellsouth.net (mail2.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02729 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:09:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glenn@bellsouth.net) Received: from gforce.johnson.home (host-209-214-153-191.sld.bellsouth.net [209.214.153.191]) by mail2.lig.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA27243; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:09:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from bellsouth.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gforce.johnson.home (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA36858; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:08:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from glenn@bellsouth.net) Message-Id: <199812222108.PAA36858@gforce.johnson.home> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Steve Kargl cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Glenn Johnson Subject: Re: Fortran conundrum In-Reply-To: Message from Steve Kargl of "Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:49:19 PST." <199812220649.WAA46833@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:08:55 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu wrote: > As I promised Mike Smith, I have been looking over the Fortran situation > in -current. From the last round of email, we had essentially 3 > opinions: > > (1) Status quo > > f77 (f2c+gcc) works for the majority of those who use Fortran. If > someone wants more speed, power, or features, then they can choose > to install gcc_2.8.x and g77+0.5.23, egcs-1.1.1, or purchase a > commericial product. > I have some Fortran programs that will not compile with f2c+gcc but compile fine with g77. The converse is also true however, but not as much. sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu wrote: > (2) Upgrade to g77 -- g77 produces "better" code than f2c+gcc, and it is > designed to integrate smoothly with the core compiler technology when an > upgrad finally occurs. > I find that g77 meets my needs more than f2c+gcc, so I would like to see g77 brought into the FreeBSD distribution when the upgrade to gcc2.8.x occurs. I have been using egcs-1.1.1 and that meets my needs. sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu wrote: > (3) Rip Fortran out of the base distribution. > This doesn't sound good to me. Wouldn't it be better to have g77 integrated in. Fortran is still important enough that it should be in the base distribution, IMHO. -- Glenn Johnson gljohns@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message