[RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system

[Kip Macy]

Guys - sorry to interrupt. I'll get the admins to create a
freebsd-bikesheds where this can be continued.

On 5/26/06, Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> 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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