Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:59:44 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) Message-ID: <XFMail.981217115944.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161605480.27793-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
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On 16-Dec-98 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Surprisingly, I would actually support this. > You realize that doing so makes FreeBSD look bad to new compsci students > who all have to take that dreaded FORTRAN class sometime during their > education? Ahaha, wrong! I NEVER did fortran at uni and I've just finished my degree.. The languages I used where C, C++, Perl, csh, sh, Java, prolog and Haskell.. Are you suggesting we add Haskell to the base install? > Yes a lot of people have different expectations of FreeBSD, one of mine > and many compsci students is a useable FORTRAN enviornment. Hmm.. almost an oxymoron, but anyway... --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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