From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 17:40:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15829 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:40:57 -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 RAA15821 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:40:56 -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 RAA84152; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:48:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199812170148.RAA84152@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: from "Daniel O'Connor" at "Dec 17, 1998 11:59:44 am" To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:48:51 -0800 (PST) Cc: bright@hotjobs.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, nate@mt.sri.com 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 According to Daniel O'Connor: > > On 16-Dec-98 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > 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? > Ahaha, wrong! > I NEVER did fortran at uni and I've just finished my degree.. > > The languages I used where C, C++, Perl, csh, sh, Java, prolog and Haskell.. > Obviously, you've never done any number crunching. -- 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