Date: Mon, 15 Sep 97 11:52:28 +0200 From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) To: ksmm@cybercom.NET Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: language choices on FreeBSD Message-ID: <9709150952.AA14608@wavehh.hanse.de> References: <398.874278327@time.cdrom.com> <3.0.3.32.19970914222521.009dbad0@cybercom.net>
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>>> 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. >Is there anybody out there using FreeBSD as a platform for FORTRAN? What >languages are people programming in out there on FreeBSD? (Just out of >curiosity.) C :-) Seriously, since FreeBSD has virtually no commercial language implementations and most free most implementations run on all Unix derivates equally well, I think FreeBSD is not too much different from any other Unix derivates. Since the port system makes trying out new languages easier, FreeBSD maybe makes the range of interesting languages even bigger. Unique points for FreeBSD are: - Important network service (CVSup) implemented in Modula-3, and well-maitained Modula-3 port, probably in best shape of all M3 platform. - Using Tcl in the base system. - Currently the best x86 platform to run CMU Common Lisp. Overall, ANSI C clearly rules here :-) Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin.Cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ BSD User Group Hamburg/Germany http://www.bsdhh.org/
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