From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 13:21:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13537 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:21:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13526 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:21:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA75612; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:28:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199812162128.NAA75612@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: <199812162109.OAA24884@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Dec 16, 1998 2: 9: 0 pm" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:28:43 -0800 (PST) Cc: bright@hotjobs.com, nate@mt.sri.com, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, 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-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>> >>>> 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? > > I don't know of *ANY* University that teaches Fortran to Comp. Sci > students. Fortran is a dead language, and is only used by engineers > that have already existing Fortran code. Fortran 95 is actually a more modern language than C if you go by the ISO ratification dates. Fortran 77 is a dead standard. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message