On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 12:23 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote: > Eric Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> "This compiler at present doesn't cover all of Fortran 77. We assume > >> distributors to provide access to g77 as long as that's useful." > > > > Slightly corrected for grammar: > > > > "We assume that distributors will provide access to g77 as long until > > gfortran is compliant with Fortran 77." > > "as long until" is not grammatical English. Also, 'assuming' is odd > in this context; in release notes, one makes recommendations. I would > write:
bwahahaha. I suck. That'll teach me to start editing the one thing I wanted (the first part of the sentence) and then keep going. > > "This compiler does not support all of Fortran 77 yet. We recommend > distributors continue to provide packages of g77 from GCC 3.4 for > the time being. When gfortran is considered a complete replacement > for g77 we will announce it." Muuuuuch better. -eric
