Fun_People Archive
1 Mar
Re: GNU Fortran Public Beta Testing Begins

Date: Wed,  1 Mar 95 21:57:41 PST
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Re: GNU Fortran Public Beta Testing Begins

Forwarded-by: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: Sam Cramer <cramer@3do.com>
From: burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley)
Subject: GNU Fortran Public Beta Testing Begins

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    TOP 10 REASONS WHY I'M RELEASING GNU FORTRAN NOW
    ------------------------------------------------

10) The world needs a free compiler for tomorrow's state-of-the-art
    language today!
 
9)  Prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson case plan to show simulations of
    the Ford Bronco chase scene, and need a real ssslloooowww compiler
    for that project.

8)  Keep getting mysterious email on my workstation saying "If you ship it,
    he will code".

7)  It's part of Gnewt Gingrich's Republican Contract With America
    (ANSI X3.78-1981; no equivalent ISO available).
 
6)  Angling for a recurring guest role as the resident Fortran programmer
    on "Star Trek: Voyager", where I help the crew deal with REAL and
    COMPLEX problems it encounters.
 
5)  g77 desperately needed to program HAL 9000 in time.
 
4)  Nuclear physicists need something to make up for the loss
    of the supercollider.
 
3)  This newfangled "Information Superhighway" thing is gonna need some
    "Informational Hell's Angels", if you know what I mean.
 
2)  Read somewhere that if I turn in my GNU, I get a $100 certificate
    from Toys 'R' Us.
 
And the NUMBER ONE REASON WHY I'M RELEASING GNU FORTRAN NOW...

1)  Keep hearing voices whispering "GNU COBOL...GNU COBOL...".

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© 1995 Peter Langston