------- Additional Comments From kargl at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-04-08 01:21 ------- (In reply to comment #25) > > I do not understand your tone. There is a compiler, g77, which works and > implements at least the Fortran 77 standard. I don't see any reason why it > should be replaced in the distribution by a compiler which is not yet mature > enough to implement the same standard.
Are you aware of the fact that g77 *is completely* broken with respect to the gcc-4.x branch? There is no one who is going to fix the problem because the effort to fix g77 is estimated to be equilavent to implementing an actually F95 compiler. > The attitude expressed in "piss off the people who owe you nothing" > can be very bad for the future of Linux. I don't use linux. Never have, never will. I use FreeBSD on an AMD64 platform where there are no commercially available F95 compilers. I have zero compiler writing experience, yet you'll find that I've contributed 69 patches to make gfortran work. Those patches came about because I need a compiler, and I decided to contribute something to GCC other than whining and making disparaging remarks. I don't know about my fellow contributors, but I find that I have little motivation to continue to work on gfortran occur when indivudals come here to tell us that gfortran is useless. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13082