From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now?
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:15:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1426879.OGOxrDUIAA@nazgul> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0230AF.4070706@gmail.com>
On Wednesday 22 June 2011 13:13:03 Dale did opine thusly:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > On 06/22/2011 07:58 PM, Dale wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> Mine never had fortran in it at all. I still don't really know
> >> what fortran is.
> >
> > It's a programming language. You know, C, C++, stuff like that.
> > Except that it's a zombie-relict from the 1950's that refuses to
> > die because people still programming in it are too lazy to
> > learn a proper, more modern language :-P
> >
> > When you enable the fortran USE flag for GCC, you are telling it
> > to compile and install the GNU Fortran compiler. Sometimes USE
> > flags can have more dramatic effects than just enabling some
> > extra functionality; in this case for example, a whole compiler
> > and supporting runtime libraries are built and installed.
>
> Well he double hockey sticks. That's why gcc compiles faster when
> fortran is disabled. :/ Now I know. I wasn't even born in 1950
> so I had no clue. Dang, that was when puters were made out of
> vacuum tubes. Talk about a old fuddy. lol
Fortran put Armstrong on the moon.
NASA wouldn't dare let Windows try that, they take one look at Air
Traffic Control or nuclear submarines or Aircraft Carriers or even,
god forbid, Airbus's latest and greatest, and know exactly what NOT to
do
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
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2011-06-22 3:55 [gentoo-user] Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Dale
2011-06-22 4:31 ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22 5:25 ` justin
2011-06-22 5:46 ` justin
2011-06-22 6:29 ` Thanasis
2011-06-22 6:33 ` justin
2011-06-22 7:13 ` justin
2011-06-22 22:11 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-06-22 22:36 ` Dale
2011-06-22 23:05 ` justin
2011-06-22 7:41 ` [gentoo-user] " Thanasis
2011-06-22 7:32 ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22 8:20 ` Thanasis
2011-06-22 6:03 ` Thanasis
2011-06-22 6:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 11:18 ` Dale
2011-06-22 13:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:27 ` Dale
2011-06-22 14:13 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 15:29 ` Dale
2011-06-24 0:01 ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24 0:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 11:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-24 12:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-24 22:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 14:47 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 15:40 ` Dale
2011-06-22 15:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 16:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 17:46 ` Dale
2011-06-23 21:27 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 21:57 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 23:04 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24 12:02 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-24 12:40 ` William Kenworthy
2011-06-24 22:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:19 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 13:33 ` Dale
2011-06-22 14:14 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 14:24 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 15:35 ` Dale
2011-06-22 16:11 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 16:23 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 21:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:16 ` Dale
2011-06-24 5:04 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-24 10:18 ` Dale
2011-06-24 19:18 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-24 19:49 ` David W Noon
2011-06-24 20:00 ` Dale
2011-06-24 20:25 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-24 20:52 ` Dale
2011-06-24 22:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25 3:29 ` Dale
2011-06-25 11:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25 12:04 ` Dale
2011-06-25 12:46 ` justin
2011-06-25 13:58 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-25 19:12 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-26 14:19 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-26 15:28 ` Dale
2011-06-26 19:34 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-26 20:01 ` Dale
2011-06-26 20:46 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-27 3:38 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-26 10:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-26 14:21 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-25 19:10 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2011-06-25 19:45 ` Dale
2011-06-25 21:34 ` Mick
2011-06-26 2:24 ` William Kenworthy
2011-06-26 9:27 ` Dale
2011-06-26 2:24 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-26 9:25 ` Dale
2011-06-25 6:08 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 16:58 ` Dale
2011-06-22 17:36 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 18:13 ` Dale
2011-06-22 20:15 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2011-06-22 21:30 ` Dale
2011-06-22 22:44 ` Indi
2011-06-22 22:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 0:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 12:08 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 19:10 ` Dale
2011-06-23 19:30 ` Indi
2011-06-23 19:56 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 12:06 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 13:09 ` Indi
2011-06-23 19:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 21:47 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:41 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 23:08 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24 13:16 ` Indi
2011-06-23 17:23 ` [gentoo-user] [OT] " pk
2011-06-23 18:16 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 19:43 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 20:04 ` Robin Atwood
2011-06-23 20:15 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-24 8:52 ` pk
2011-06-24 9:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 13:14 ` pk
2011-06-24 22:17 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 23:43 ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24 21:29 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-06-23 21:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2011-06-22 17:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 18:15 ` Dale
2011-06-22 18:35 ` Dale
2011-06-22 20:33 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 21:34 ` Dale
2011-06-22 22:56 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 5:03 ` Dale
2011-06-23 9:02 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 10:49 ` Dale
2011-06-23 12:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 19:14 ` Dale
2011-06-23 19:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 20:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 21:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 21:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 12:00 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 22:43 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23 5:04 ` Dale
2011-06-23 21:47 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23 22:23 ` Dale
2011-06-24 0:17 ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-22 21:25 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 22:31 ` Dale
2011-06-22 23:12 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 16:52 ` pk
2011-06-22 22:39 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-22 22:34 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23 22:15 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-22 13:25 ` Indi
2011-06-23 22:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24 0:19 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:29 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 14:25 ` Mick
2011-06-22 15:27 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 15:50 ` Dale
2011-06-22 16:18 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 18:10 ` Dale
2011-06-22 19:48 ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22 20:55 ` Dale
2011-06-22 21:28 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 22:20 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 12:05 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 12:51 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 22:35 ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:30 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:48 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 23:17 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 23:05 ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:22 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:36 ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:57 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 22:54 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 0:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 12:35 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 22:16 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 12:03 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-24 12:45 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 13:38 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-24 15:43 ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-24 22:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25 0:32 ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24 22:24 ` Neil Bothwick
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