Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:47:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Gary Kendall <gdk@ccomp.inode.COM> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.COM> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.ORG Subject: Re: lib/libF77 and lib/libI77 Message-ID: <199709142347.TAA17189@ccomp.inode.com> In-Reply-To: <398.874278327@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Sep 14, 97 04:05:27 pm"
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It wasn't too long ago that Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > yes jordan, people still do use fortran... please keep them... > > You haven't answered my question at all. I've no doubt that people > still use fortran, that was not my question. My question was *how > precisely are these libraries used* by fortran programmers and, if > they're used, why aren't they in the standard build order? > > If I can't find satisfactory answers to those questions then those > libraries are history, sorry. > > Jordan The libf77.a library is the "standard library" that Fortran programs are linked against... similar to libc.a for C. I'm not familiar with libIf77.a, but suspect it's a variation of the standard for some special feature. At any rate, they come with the GNU compiler(s), and probably should be built by the Makefiles. Regards, Gary Kendall <gdk@inode.com>
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