[RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

>Well, if it A touches 0.0001% of FreeBSD users, POLA isn't really 
>relevant. I fail to name at least 1 person who seriously relies on 
>Fortran in the base FreeBSD among at least 2,000 FreeBSD users I know.

... who can't figure out how to install a compiler from ports.

Yes, Fortran does no longer belong in the base system, and quite
frankly, it never did.

I suspect the only reason it is there in the first place was that
it saved somebody at Berkeley the trouble of keeping track of another
release/tape/etc.

Kill it.

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