[plug] Comical government

[David Campbell]

Date sent:      	Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:36:27 +0800
From:           	Trevor Phillips <phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au>
Organization:   	Murdoch University
To:             	plug at linux.org.au
Subject:        	Re: [plug] Comical government
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> David Campbell wrote:
> > 
> > Oi!! Building a web server from scratch in FORTRAN does take a bit of
> > effort (embedded into the back end of an engineering modelling
> > package). I really should of done it in assembler....
> 
> And so a Coffee Break with some light UF reading should help stress
> reduction greatly! 
> ^_^
> 
> Um, dare I ask why you're building a webserver in FORTRAN?? *grin* (No,
> "Because I Can" isn't a valid reason. Oh, all right, if you insist ...)

The truth is that the core of the program is "C" (the bit that does 
the socket calls), the actual bit that builds the web pages is 
FORTRAN so that the engineers (who know FORTRAN but not "C") can add 
functionality without bugging me every few minutes...

But still it is good for the old "war stories".

David Campbell
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"This is not an office, rather Hell with fluorescent lighting"