Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:14:49 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: n@nectar.com (Jacques Vidrine) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system Message-ID: <199812162314.PAA09125@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <199812162303.RAA12584@spawn.nectar.com> from Jacques Vidrine at "Dec 16, 98 05:03:08 pm"
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According to Jacques Vidrine: > On 16 December 1998 at 14:27, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > I've always thought of a computer system _without_ FORTRAN > > as serious lacking. Not because my first course was in F77; > > after all, this was a few (um, 20) summers ago. But because > > FORTRAN is still fairly widely used in the non-hacker > > disciplines. > > > > If we do yank it--with or without extreme prejudice--then > > when some non-geek user does an % appropos fortran, he should > > see something like > > > > fortran: you gotta port it if you wanna use it. > > > > Nutshell: I'm almost neutral, but not entirely. > > > The following patch is needed? :-) > > --- apropos.sh.orig Wed Dec 16 17:01:11 1998 > +++ apropos.sh Wed Dec 16 17:02:00 1998 > @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ > do > if grep -hi $grepopt -- "$manpage" $mandir; then : > else > - echo "$manpage: nothing appropriate" > + echo "$manpage: port not installed -- go to /usr/ports" > fi > done | > > Yup. Or touché! merci et bonne journée, gary > > > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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