From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 16 13:10:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12121 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from beowulf.utmb.edu (beowulf.utmb.edu [129.109.59.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12065 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:10:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu) Received: (from bdodson@localhost) by beowulf.utmb.edu (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA02519; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:07:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:07:09 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199812162107.PAA02519@beowulf.utmb.edu> From: "M. L. Dodson" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Steve Kargl Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) In-Reply-To: <199812162105.NAA75401@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <199812162006.NAA24553@mt.sri.com> <199812162105.NAA75401@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15p7 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kargl writes: > According to Nate Williams: [deleted] > > I'd argue (heck, I am arguing. :) that it should be removed. > > > > Surprisingly, I would actually support this. > Me too. It takes away a lot of the potential for confusion for the casual user, thereby alerting them that they need to do something extra (like install a port or package or ask someone with experience with FBSD how to proceed). And we don't get the rap of poor performance in this problem domain. Bud Dodson -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message