I highly doubt that I'll ever use FORTRAN directly or indirectly. If it's not used by a vast majority, it should be optional...
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Smith <m...@smith.net.au> To: Mark Murray <m...@grondar.za> Cc: obr...@nuxi.com <obr...@nuxi.com>; Steve Kargl <s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:40 AM Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution >> "David O'Brien" wrote: >> > I've got a Bmaked contribified version of EGCS, but didn't do g77. So >> > maybe a consensus should be made what to do about FORTRAN in the base >> > system. >> >> If you are collecting votes, please add mine; I feel quite strongly >> (knowing the scientists that I do that use Fortran) that it _should_ >> be in the base system. Please include it. > >We've already established that it doesn't need to be in the base system. >Your scientist friends are probably already going to be installing >their favorite text editors; it's no harder to install the Fortran >support. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
