Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:08:20 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) Message-ID: <199812162208.PAA25613@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.981216170351.25694J-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net> References: <199812162109.OAA24884@mt.sri.com> <Pine.SGI.3.96.981216170351.25694J-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>
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> > I don't know of *ANY* University that teaches Fortran to Comp. Sci > > students. Fortran is a dead language, and is only used by engineers > > that have already existing Fortran code. > > ForTran is still a required class for engineering students. With good > reason. It's not dead, it's just not widely used outside of engineering. Not in any engineering school I've looked at recently. None of those where I interviewed students this year had Fortran as a required course. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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