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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:00:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812162058400.348-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199812170155.RAA84204@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Steve Kargl wrote:

> According to Jordan K. Hubbard:
> > > I fully understand the difference.  I'm suggesting the replacement
> > > of current inferior functionality with a superior solution.
> > 
> > Agreed.  Send me the diffs and I'll commit them, modulo any gcc
> > upgrading work (which is also planned) which may first be necessary.
> > There.  End of argument and everything SETTLED NOW. :-)
> > 
> 
> g77-0.5.19.1, which works with gcc-2.7.2.1, patches the gcc backend.
> 
> g77-0.5.23, which is the current version, only works with gcc-2.8.x.

Does it need to patch the backend also?  This is *real* bad design
(grump).

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