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 1QZRxM-0004EP-Ho for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:15:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CA7A1C0B4; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E0CF1C0B4 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxd30 with SMTP id 30so662925yxd.40 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:13:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=U7AaVFBFALXY5qh8x2L//nL2Bev+YHjxSsqMzb5n8hs=; b=ShxsGJLXyn0RwBQWag50xbmoCKQgsvBpc+GpC3EfZZsBA1++gKHogjsWFzItvMzIGM gDH+/ldLbgeqKmE47DNxOmsYWtNeZI4SoLhD+PBhYOeGZVnrWuQQB3zqKrePw3G/uIvI 4Bt7YvNbg+3gjhkpcuVp8pRiW3myy+JekDGtw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Z77On0bgdHpGCETvaiDGE9/HkgJHQV7uBNbdzJDmSjMtgDz0cyTH2vdqIw0Oxx9fOv 3XaAkekS7AbSLvw9NC5n0YrvC0q4pZlSFLk7BWyDT/WwBLPT2pc7xWG99fPqRmLTc0Se P72R8nbvkDWETX9KZjzoG/Z6Wd2StmlGufGE0= Received: by 10.91.72.7 with SMTP id z7mr1227065agk.137.1308766385677; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-109-99.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.109.99]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c63sm481864yhe.46.2011.06.22.11.13.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:13:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0230AF.4070706@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:13:03 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110606 Gentoo/2.0.14-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? References: <4E0167C4.9080100@gmail.com> <4E01CF99.1070109@gmail.com> <4E01EF3F.8040800@gmail.com> <4E020BA4.50201@gmail.com> <4E021F1A.4080304@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: eefac5dcb13eb10d7c6bb7ac6d0cb0fc 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 Dale :-) :-)