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From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>
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Subject: Re: suggestion: a g77 -> f77 link
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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> NO.  I will not apply this link.  BSD has always had a "f77" command.  It
> has not always had a "g77" command.  The G77 developers should have
> installed a "f77" compatability link.  It is their fault this misspelling
> is perpitrating forward.  All the world is not Gfoo.

I agree: all the world is not Gfoo. But my argument is: when GNU C
was integrated in FreeBSD, a "gcc" command was added. Once the GNU
Fortran compiler has been also integrated, a "g77" command should be
added, too. This is ugly, but it's coherent with "gcc" and may avoid some
problems for some users. Anyway, I don't want to start a "g77 war" :-)
If nobody likes the idea, OK, I'll forget it. I hate Fortran, after all!
--I am not a Quiche Eater, however--  ;-)

Cheers,
-- JMA

 **** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****


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