C'mon. Nothing in the base system requires fortran - install the version you like from ports and enjoy the life. What's the problem? -Maxim marty fouts wrote: > On 5/26/06, Jonathan Noack <noackjr_at_alumni.rice.edu> wrote: >> On 05/27/06 00:05, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: >> > On May 26, 2006, at 8:35 PM, Kip Macy wrote: >> >> Irrelevant. The question is, as a percentage of FreeBSD users, how >> >> many use fortran? A much larger percentage use perl and python, and >> >> those are in ports. >> > >> > My gut feeling is that you just argued for moving the C compiler to >> > ports, too :-( >> >> You're forgetting that the kernel and most of userland are written in C. >> The C compiler isn't going anywhere... >> >> -Jonathan >> >> -- >> Jonathan Noack | noackjr_at_alumni.rice.edu | OpenPGP: 0x991D8195 >> > > I dunno. If you follow this to its logical conclusion, since most > people don't compile anything, there's no reason for *any* compiler to > be in the base system. > > (removes tongue from cheek) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > >Received on Sat May 27 2006 - 04:49:53 UTC
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