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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:16:08 +0100
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:23:58 +0200, pk wrote:

> It refuses to die because it's still very useful in certain niche areas
> (hpc, numerical computing etc.) where "modern" languages doesn't cut
> it... :-)

Or so the Fortran programmers with jobs to protect will tell you...

You'll be telling us there's still a place for Cobol next :-O


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Neil Bothwick

"Mmmm, trouble with grammer have I, yes?" - Yoda

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