From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QZTrl-0000Yd-AA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:17:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9D7C1C03E; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 972271C03E for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so1088749wwf.10 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:16:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=dRcSIRVO+qVU9IRVxKKFd2GmFH6N1tMB4/Ak3qVW9Og=; b=W00Mi0m0ZF0CXker7mzwb40ajW01vL103yX2iSidikHO/kGmfGC1XY4dD66D+QQpmH vnnjmH11pBpsO3K/SSFtrN71mGufcjjjeGUqCA294f/ob1Ny70l+GA55Xd+TZAUXXPf2 SDCHkjYKC1AfzIn2+EIeELE1+ObMeq2u4p850= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=tqTFrRer+kLSpZ5HzPz7MnUgJiTffgEODDX19NIbme3BMvlpF/ny7ey22okMSsB8Ic sHIIqNUCtAlFWVJ5A8cQviUOjCcRe8Vz1C97sK0n2RnjvjXa0Z7wOVrFPIoeBC9Sk3rc rLPemBTlOJjDvGMtQcSiLvQ9Di22GRQEjTCrs= Received: by 10.227.164.129 with SMTP id e1mr1165935wby.67.1308773774757; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-183-215.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.183.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id et5sm711671wbb.16.2011.06.22.13.16.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:16:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon 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 Message-ID: <1426879.OGOxrDUIAA@nazgul> User-Agent: KMail/4.6.0 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4E0230AF.4070706@gmail.com> References: <4E0167C4.9080100@gmail.com> <4E0230AF.4070706@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: fc3f6e135e22644bac77d60910266b2a 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