From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 14:49:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24707 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com ([206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24281 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:47:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA121835511; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:25:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:25:11 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Jamie Bowden Cc: Nate Williams , Alfred Perlstein , Steve Kargl , bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: 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, Jamie Bowden wrote: > ForTran is still a required class for engineering students. With good > reason. It's not dead, it's just not widely used outside of engineering. Composition classes are required as well, but I don't see anything other then vi and ee getting installed in the base system. As long as we're talking about bloated software, let's install emacs, because college students have these required classes. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message