From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 17 21:05:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA17502 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:05:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA17497 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:05:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA21151; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:43:01 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA05562; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:42:58 -0700 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:42:58 -0700 Message-Id: <199812180442.VAA05562@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Terry Lambert Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: <199812180436.VAA24884@usr06.primenet.com> References: <199812180146.SAA04784@mt.sri.com> <199812180436.VAA24884@usr06.primenet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > If a language that has been integral to a UNIX box's identity *as* > a UNIX box since practically before there was such a thing as UNIX > is going to be seperated into a component, then at least have the > decency to seperate it in a useful way. Fortran has *NEVER* been part of any standard unix release. V7, SystemIII, Berkeley releases, SysV of any variety, or anything. It has *ALWAYS* been an additional add-on piece of unix. Now stop whining, and I'm not going to respond to this again from you so you can quit arguing now. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message