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Re: GCC 4.0 Freeze
On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 12:23 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com> writes:
>
> >> "This compiler at present doesn't cover all of Fortran 77. We assume
> >> distributors to provide access to g77 as long as that's useful."
> >
> > Slightly corrected for grammar:
> >
> > "We assume that distributors will provide access to g77 as long until
> > gfortran is compliant with Fortran 77."
>
> "as long until" is not grammatical English. Also, 'assuming' is odd
> in this context; in release notes, one makes recommendations. I would
> write:
bwahahaha. I suck. That'll teach me to start editing the one thing I
wanted (the first part of the sentence) and then keep going.
>
> "This compiler does not support all of Fortran 77 yet. We recommend
> distributors continue to provide packages of g77 from GCC 3.4 for
> the time being. When gfortran is considered a complete replacement
> for g77 we will announce it."
Muuuuuch better.
-eric