From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 13:14:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12852 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:14:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12845 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:14:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA08196; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:13:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA24973; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:13:54 -0700 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:13:54 -0700 Message-Id: <199812162113.OAA24973@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "M. L. Dodson" Cc: Steve Kargl , nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: <199812162107.PAA02519@beowulf.utmb.edu> References: <199812162006.NAA24553@mt.sri.com> <199812162105.NAA75401@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <199812162107.PAA02519@beowulf.utmb.edu> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ Removing f77 from the release ] > > > I'd argue (heck, I am arguing. :) that it should be removed. > > > > Surprisingly, I would actually support this. > > > > Me too. It takes away a lot of the potential for confusion for > the casual user, thereby alerting them that they need to do > something extra (like install a port or package or ask someone > with experience with FBSD how to proceed). And we don't get the > rap of poor performance in this problem domain. We're getting alot of positive response from people who want it removed. Aside from Alfred, are they any other dissenters? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message