[Bug fortran/13082] Function entries and entries with alternate returns not implemented

["pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-04-07 23:27 -------
(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. Your effort is appreciated, but wait to
> have something which works before removing the old compiler. A compiler which
> does not implement ENTRY is useless for most of the programs used in physics and
> engineering. Having that as the default Linux compiler will seriously affect my
> work and that of many colleagues.

What he means is asking once is fine yes but asking more and more is just bad form since we know this 
bug exists and yes we do know already.

Also it is distros discussion what gets included, we (GCC) already said gfortran is more of a beta 
compiler and not really for full time use.  And more of a technical preview.  Now if you buy support 
from say RedHat or SuSE, well get them to fix it as you buy support from them.  Most of us working 
right now on gfortran are just volunteers and yes I volunteer to work on GCC too and go through most 
of the bug reports and I fix the bugs which I can fix which effects the target I like the most (powerpc-
darwin).  I also do more work with the bug reports than what people see (well actually one person sees 
only I touch one bug since they usually open one bug) but I have touched and memorized almost all of 
the bug reports.  sorry for the rant but people need to understand that we are all volunteers unless 
someone is getting paid to work, which I know only 2 gfortran developers are getting paid (part time or 
full time) to work on either GCC or gfrotran.  I recall that those 2 gfortran developers are really getting 
paid to work on other parts of GCC and not gfortran mainly so they work on gfortran on their own time 
and don't get paid for it.

I don't get paid for development work that I do.  Again if you have a trouble with a certin distro, bring it 
up with them and not us since all we can do is say we know (marking the bug as a dup).

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