Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:51:50 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <20060527035150.GC3094@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4477CB59.6040802@rogers.com> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477C401.2080307@rogers.com> <20060527032148.GA2777@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4477CB59.6040802@rogers.com>
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On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:45:29PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:14:09PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > >>Agreed, who the hell still uses Fortran? > >> > > > >I don't see a smiley, so I can only assume you're speaking > >out of ignorance of the Fortran language. I guess I can > >also assume you have no knowledge of numerical analysis > >and high performance computing. > > > >PS: Check the ChangeLog for gfortran. > > > > Yes, i have no experience with Fortran, but the words high performance > computing and the name of a prehistoric programming language just don't > appear in my sentences. Once again, who the hell uses Fortan on FreeBSD? > 0.1% of all users? When was the current C standard ratified? When was the current Fortran standard ratified? Does FreeBSD's C compiler conform to that standard? You can educate yourself at http://www.j3-fortran.org/ HPC and Fortran go hand in hand. Clearly, you have no clue as to what Fortran is. -- Steve
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