From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 13:05:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11324 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:05:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11316 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:05:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA06886; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:09:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:09:27 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Steve Kargl cc: Nate Williams , bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: <199812162105.NAA75401@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > All claimed advantages have absolutely nothing to do with the question > > > > of placing your fortran compiler in the base system instead of a port. > > > > > > There is already a Fortran compiler in the base system. > > > > I'd argue (heck, I am arguing. :) that it should be removed. > > > > Surprisingly, I would actually support this. > You realize that doing so makes FreeBSD look bad to new compsci students who all have to take that dreaded FORTRAN class sometime during their education? Just one vote for keeping f2c and friends, or perhaps getting g77. Yes a lot of people have different expectations of FreeBSD, one of mine and many compsci students is a useable FORTRAN enviornment. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message