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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: Fortran compilers
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Date: 24 Oct 90 00:34:48 GMT
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NeXT has taken some heat for not bundling a Fortran compiler. 

Just thought I'd point out that Sun has unbundled their Fortran compiler,
and you now have to pay extra for it---so there goes on big Sun advantage. 

This is probably one way they plan on skimming extra profits off 
those Sparc SLC's. I mean, what good is a Sparc without a fortran compiler?
(Whereas, a NeXT without one is still plenty good.)
--
Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)