From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 19 20:41:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from pyrl.eye (ppp-233.centerplacenet.com [208.29.63.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE6315335; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ortmann@sparc.isl.net) Received: (from ortmann@localhost) by pyrl.eye (8.9.3/8.9.1) id WAA14595; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:35:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ortmann) From: Daniel Ortmann Message-Id: <199904200335.WAA14595@pyrl.eye> Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. In-Reply-To: <19990409112852.A14614@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> from Glenn Johnson at "Apr 9, 1999 11:28:52 am" To: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov (Glenn Johnson) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:35:09 -0500 (CDT) Cc: reg@shale.csir.co.za, scrappy@hub.org, handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu, des@flood.ping.uio.no, obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:52:58PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: ... > Many people don't seem to understand that FreeBSD can be used for > workstations as well as servers and Fortran is *essential* on a > scientific/engineering workstation. ... Absolutely correct. Some up-and-coming IBM simulation ports require Fortran categorically. It's tough answering questions like "FreeB... what? Is that like Linux?" Without a STANDARD system Fortran compiler an operating system is unlikely to be taken seriously by ANY large engineering company. We could, however, do without "fortune". :-) -- Daniel Ortmann IBM Circuit Technology 2414 30 av NW, #D E315, bldg 040-2 Rochester, MN 55901 3605 Hwy 52 N 507.288.7732 (h) 507.253.6795 (w) ortmann@isl.net ortmann@us.ibm.com -- "The answers are so simple and we all know where to look, but it's easier just to avoid the question." -- Kansas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message