Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:12:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. Message-ID: <XFMail.990420011218.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <199904200335.WAA14595@pyrl.eye>
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On 20-Apr-99 Daniel Ortmann wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:52:58PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: > ... >> Many people don't seem to understand that FreeBSD can be used for >> workstations as well as servers and Fortran is *essential* on a >> scientific/engineering workstation. > ... > > Absolutely correct. Some up-and-coming IBM simulation ports require > Fortran categorically. > > It's tough answering questions like "FreeB... what? Is that like Linux?" > > Without a STANDARD system Fortran compiler an operating system is > unlikely to be taken seriously by ANY large engineering company. > > We could, however, do without "fortune". :-) I'd rather keep both. :) IMHO, we should only add or delete stuff from the main tree if there is a pressing reason. Having knobs in /etc/make.conf should fix most people's complaints about the disk space, although if you are too tight for 518k (for f77/f2c on 3-stable) or 3631k for fortune and friends, you must be *really* tight on disk space. Also, one of the primary arguments in favor of FreeBSD over one other well-know Un*x like OS is that BSD is derived from "real" Un*x code, and preserving that tradition, except when it is absolutely critical for it to be changed/abandoned, is a good thing. > -- > Daniel Ortmann IBM Circuit Technology --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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