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Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) 
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> 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.

I can name at least 4, and they're all major universities.

The death of fortran has been predicted and, in several cases,
announced since 1965.

- Jordan

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