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Re: Pronouncing gfortran
- From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
- To: Thomas Koenig <Thomas dot Koenig at online dot de>
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:44:08 -0800
- Subject: Re: Pronouncing gfortran
- References: <20070124213604.GA13004@meiner.onlinehome.de>
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:36:04PM +0100, Thomas Koenig wrote:
> Hello world,
>
> How does everybody pronounce gfortran? Silent "g", as in "gnu",
> or as a separate "g"?
>
> If this turns out to have a definite answer, maybe we should
> include it in the docs :-)
>
I've never given it much thought, and do I've always
pronounced it as "gee"fortran. If we go with an
official pronunciation, I suppose it would be "new"fortran
as in the animal gnu.
--
Steve