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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 06/22/2011 07:58 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> [...] |
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>> Mine never had fortran in it at all. I still don't really know what |
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>> fortran is. |
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> It's a programming language. You know, C, C++, stuff like that. |
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> Except that it's a zombie-relict from the 1950's that refuses to die |
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> because people still programming in it are too lazy to learn a proper, |
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> more modern language :-P |
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> When you enable the fortran USE flag for GCC, you are telling it to |
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> compile and install the GNU Fortran compiler. Sometimes USE flags can |
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> have more dramatic effects than just enabling some extra |
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> functionality; in this case for example, a whole compiler and |
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> supporting runtime libraries are built and installed. |
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Well he double hockey sticks. That's why gcc compiles faster when |
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fortran is disabled. :/ Now I know. I wasn't even born in 1950 so I |
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had no clue. Dang, that was when puters were made out of vacuum tubes. |
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Talk about a old fuddy. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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