Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:23:04 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: chuckr@mat.net (Chuck Robey) Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, bs_13943_34262@adimus.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) Message-ID: <199812170223.SAA00422@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812162058400.348-100000@picnic.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Dec 16, 1998 9: 0:14 pm"
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According to Chuck Robey: > On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > > > > I fully understand the difference. I'm suggesting the replacement > > > > of current inferior functionality with a superior solution. > > > > > > Agreed. Send me the diffs and I'll commit them, modulo any gcc > > > upgrading work (which is also planned) which may first be necessary. > > > There. End of argument and everything SETTLED NOW. :-) > > > > > > > g77-0.5.19.1, which works with gcc-2.7.2.1, patches the gcc backend. > > > > g77-0.5.23, which is the current version, only works with gcc-2.8.x. > > Does it need to patch the backend also? This is *real* bad design > (grump). > No, g77-0.5.23 does not patch the gcc-2.8.x backend. The original design decision was forced on the g77 author because of the gcc maintainer(s) refusal to correct some bad assumptions (bugs) in the backend. finger -l fortran@gnu.org | more -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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