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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:43:54 -0800
From: "Jack Johnson" <knapjack@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:10 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the HPC world, there is lots of conservatism. There is an editor at
> LANL, named Fred, written in Fortran, that has been in use for longer
> than most of you have been alive. Until very recently, it was a
> required part of any HPC system.

Any guesses as to just how old Fred is?  Or better yet, when is Fred's birthday?

It seems like there should be a Ratfor to C translator in Plan 9, if
only for nostalgia.

-Jack