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Re: GCC 4.0 Freeze
Branko Äibej <brane@xbc.nu> writes:
> Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
>> "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."
>>
>>
> "We recommend distributors continue..."
>
> Oh I say, is it really so hard?
Are you objecting to the absence of "that" after "recommend"? I don't
personally find that infelicitous (and find the version with a "that"
excessively verbose) but I wouldn't be surprised if other dialects of
English held the opposite perspective.
z "prescriptivism considered mandatory or harmful on a case-by-case basis" w