Fortran
Fortran is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing. Wikipedia
Created Year: 1957Designed by: IBM
Developed by: John Backus • IBM
File extensions: f, f90, for
Wikidata: Q83303
Influenced: Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems • ALGOL • ALGOL 58 • ALTRAN • BASIC • C • CGOL • DIBOL • DOPE • Julia • MUMPS • PACT • PL/I • Ratfor • Wolfram Language
Influenced by: Speedcoding
Programming paradigms: object-oriented programming • generic programming • array programming • procedural programming • structured programming • imperative programming
Language types: procedural programming language • imperative programming language • array programming language • object-based language • structured programming language • generic programming language
Fortran Influence Network
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Hello World in Fortran
print *,'Hello World'
end
Free Fortran books, articles, documentation
- Exploring Modern Fortran Basics - Milan Curcic
- Fortran - David Apsley (PDF)
- Fortran 90 Tutorial - C.-K. Shene at Michigan Technological University (HTML)
- Fortran 90 Tutorial - Sarah T. Whitlock, Paul H. Hargrove, Stanford University (HTML)
- Fortran information & resources - fortranplus.co.uk (HTML)
- FORTRAN Performance Tuning co-Guide (1998) - Timothy C. Prince (HTML)
- Modern Fortran in Science and Technology - Jonas Lindemann, Ola Dahlblom
- Modern Fortran Tutorial - Yutaka Masuda (HTML)
- Professional Programmer’s Guide to Fortran77 (2005) - Clive G. Page (PDF)
- Self Study Guide 2: Programming in Fortran 95 - Dr Rachael Padman (PDF)
- User Notes On Fortran Programming (UNFP): An open cooperative practical guide (1998) - Abraham Agay, Arne Vajhoej, et al. (HTML)
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