From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 14 16:48:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA11718 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unix.tfs.net (root@unix.tfs.net [199.79.146.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA11713 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:48:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.tfs.net (pm3-p42.tfs.net [206.154.183.234]) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA18160; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:46:42 -0500 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA04570; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:48:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199709142348.SAA04570@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: lib/libF77 and lib/libI77 In-Reply-To: <398.874278327@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Sep 14, 97 04:05:27 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:48:00 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > 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 > > As an example of the importance of these libs, this is the first line of /usr/src/lib/libF77/main.c: /* STARTUP PROCEDURE FOR UNIX FORTRAN PROGRAMS */ jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28PW voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+