From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 09:23:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035A416A6A9 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 09:23:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE8C43D4C for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 09:23:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: (from rb@localhost) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.11.7/8.11.6) id k4U9Mkd01494; Tue, 30 May 2006 10:22:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rb) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060530101555.07fa5a88@gid.co.uk> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:22:38 +0100 To: Steve Kargl From: Bob Bishop In-Reply-To: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:23:11 -0000 Hi, At 03:44 27/05/2006, Steve Kargl wrote: >In a recent email to freebsd-current, >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-May/063435.html >Alexander Kabaev stated that the import of GCC 4.1.1 is coming soon. > >I propose that Fortran support in the base system be removed >when GCC 4.1.1 is imported. [etc] No problem with removing it from base, but be under no illusion that Fortran support can be deprecated. There's all sorts of scientific software in wide use written in Fortran, that's not likely to change in the foreseeable future. We're using ifc because we get much better performance for our application (dense gas dispersion modelling - run times can be tens of hours). -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295