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Toon Moene  
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 More options Jul 15 2008, 3:36 pm
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From: Toon Moene <t...@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:36:35 +0200
Local: Tues, Jul 15 2008 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: public comment on fortran 2008
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Beliavsky wrote:
> On Jul 14, 3:30 pm, Toon Moene <t...@moene.indiv.nluug.nl> wrote:
>> Yet I'm raked over the coals when I point out on the GNU CC IRC channel
>> that GNU Fortran is driven by volunteers, while the rest of GCC is using
>> mercenaries ...

> The first definition of "mercernary" at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mercenary
> is

> 1. working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.

> and the other developers probably resent being described as working
> merely (or only) for money.

The "venal" part might have to do something with it - I do not know
where it's implied.

Of course, that's beyond the point I wanted to make:  Given that so many
people are willing to work on a Fortran compiler *written in C*, I do
not understand why some management types are hesitant to allow Fortran
implementations of certain applications to be continued to be developed.

It's not like there's a shortage of people wanting to work on them,
apparently.  And it's also not because those people do not understand C.

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Toon Moene - e-mail: t...@moene.indiv.nluug.nl - phone: +31 346 214290
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Progress of GNU Fortran: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2008-01/msg00009.html


 
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