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====== Projects in Fortran ====== | ====== Projects in Fortran ====== |
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Fortran has been the primary language for Scientific computing since its introduction in the mid 1950s. The GNU wiki site has a summary of the [[https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranStandards| important standards for Fortran programmers]]. | [[https://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/|Fortran]] is a general purpose, imperative programming language which is suited for numerical and scientific computations. It was introduced in mid 1950s. The GNU wiki site has a summary of the [[https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranStandards| important standards for Fortran programmers]]. |
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The main functionality has always been reading data, control of flow, looping, evaluating formulas (Hence the name Formula translation) and finally data output. Fortran strengths are simple matrix handling with the DIMENSION statement and simple loops with the DO statements. | The main functionality has always been reading data, control of flow, looping, evaluating formulas (Hence the name Formula translation) and finally data output. Fortran strengths are simple matrix handling with the DIMENSION statement and simple loops with the DO statements. |