GCC does not build gfortran !!

Ian Lance Taylor iant@google.com
Fri Dec 7 15:59:00 GMT 2007


Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> In the past The GNU Ada Project created Fortran just for the fun of it
> - but we have given up on it - not because we don't like Fortran or
> compiling Fortran is troublesome.
> 
> No it's because of GMP and MPFR. Fortran now needs those two libraries
> to be installed. And those two are a real pain in the arse. If your
> distribution hasn't got them I pity you.

Note that in gcc 4.3, all languages will require GMP and MPFR, not
just Fortran.

Ian



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