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 1QZta9-0000Kd-Gw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:45:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 264D21C02C; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C271C02C for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:42:12 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AowIAKfOA05Ld+Fz/2dsb2JhbABSmFKOW3jLBIYtBJZlhxCEJw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,416,1304308800"; d="scan'208";a="117036876" Received: from 75-119-225-115.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([75.119.225.115]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 23 Jun 2011 19:42:11 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:43:27 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:43:27 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Message-ID: <20110623234327.GA18036@waltdnes.org> References: <4E01CF99.1070109@gmail.com> <4E01EF3F.8040800@gmail.com> <4E020BA4.50201@gmail.com> <4E021F1A.4080304@gmail.com> <4E0376AE.3080905@coolmail.se> <20110623191608.1696dbc1@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110623191608.1696dbc1@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0910ee263c805146c621760b8f83035c On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:16:08PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > 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... Actually, it was what non-professional programmers used before computer spreadsheet programs existed. It was just the thing for crunching numbers and text. It was because it was used by non-professional programmers that so many old Fortran programs are spaghetti code. A properly-written, structured Fortran program is quite usable and easily followed. -- Walter Dnes