> On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:52:58PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: ... > Many people don't seem to understand that FreeBSD can be used for > workstations as well as servers and Fortran is *essential* on a > scientific/engineering workstation. ...
Absolutely correct. Some up-and-coming IBM simulation ports require Fortran categorically. It's tough answering questions like "FreeB... what? Is that like Linux?" Without a STANDARD system Fortran compiler an operating system is unlikely to be taken seriously by ANY large engineering company. We could, however, do without "fortune". :-) -- Daniel Ortmann IBM Circuit Technology 2414 30 av NW, #D E315, bldg 040-2 Rochester, MN 55901 3605 Hwy 52 N 507.288.7732 (h) 507.253.6795 (w) ortm...@isl.net ortm...@us.ibm.com -- "The answers are so simple and we all know where to look, but it's easier just to avoid the question." -- Kansas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
