Fortran, (previously
FORTRAN), or
The IBM Mathematics FORMula TRANslating system, is a general-purpose
programming language first developed in the 1950's.
See Also edit
- Combining Fortran and Tcl in one program
- calling Fortran routines in a DLL
- Tutorials for the Tcl/Tk newbie on interacting with Fortran applications that expect input/output from the user
- Extending Tcl with Fortran
- Plasma Surface Interaction Codes
Documentation edit
- FAQ
- Last but not least, FORTRAN/TK is actually a real and quite comfortable cross-platform (OS/2 Warp and Windows 9x/NT) Tk-wrapper for Open Watcom FORTRAN 77: http://svn.netlabs.org/fortrantk.
Resources edit
- Ftcl
- a Tcl bridge
- FORTRAN/TK
Description edit
Fortran was originally card-punched and had peculiar characteristics due to that (with regard to continuing lines, etc.). These days, Fortran 95 (*) and newer editions work on all sorts of computers (Fortran 2003 is the new standard, with object oriented features).
Fortran tends to be used for number crunching, modeling, etc. and has many libraries to provide support for such things.
(*) (Slightly pedantic note by
AM) Up to and including the FORTRAN 77 standard the name was written in capitals. Since the Fortran 90 standard the name is written with a capitalised initial.
Fortran programmers tend to be
Real Programmers.
How does a FORTRAN application gain a
GUI? The best-known commercial solution is Winteracter [
1]. Many of us, though, find
managing Fortran programs with
Tk more satisfying.
AM See also:
Combining Fortran and Tcl in one program for another solution
AMG: Here's a FORTRAN resource reference I found at work:
FortranRef6.txt
Common Fortran Resources:
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Fortran Verions:
Older: 66 / _77_ (well established versions)
Newer: 90 / _95_ (recommended versions)
Newest: 2003 / 2008 (works in progress; see below for details)
See below on how to compile these various versions with gfortran.
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IRC Fortran Channels:
Real-time chat with other Fortran programmers in a self-help volunteer fashion:
Server: Freenode Channel: #Fortran
Official Wiki of #Fortran: http://www.matmech.com/fortran/ <-- Start here
(Please let us know about other IRC Fortran Channels)
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http://fortran.pastebin.com/ <-- Use this to Share Code & Errors
Please remember to include the Error Messages,
and also the line(s) used to compile, link your code.
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Fortran Language Specification and References:
http://www.nag.co.uk/sc22wg5/
ftp://ftp.nag.co.uk/sc22wg5/N1701-N1750/N1723.pdf (latest known spec)
There is a description of the Fortran 2003 features available:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cit/fortran/john_reid_new_2003.pdf
http://www.fortran.bcs.org/2007/bcs07.pdf <-- 2008 additions to Fortran
http://www.lahey.com/docs/lang_revg.pdf <--- general purpose F95 Manual
http://www.lahey.com/lookat90.htm <--- *** F90 intro
http://www.che.lsu.edu/links/computing/tutorials/prof77.pdf <-- F77 Manual
http://www.sgr.nada.kth.se/unix/software/Workshop/fortran/f77rm/index.html <-- F77 Manual
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82final/6324/6324pro_020.html <-- Language Info
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GNU GCC gfortran package:
http://gfortran.info/
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/ <----(PDF Manuals)
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran.pdf <-- always the very latest gfortran docs
Official download: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries
Windows 32-bit: http://quatramaran.ens.fr/~coudert/gfortran/gfortran-windows.exe
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How to compile various previous versions of Fortran under GNU GCC gfortran:
Compile F77 programs using gfortran thus: gfortran prog77.f -o prog77[.exe if Win32]
Compile F90 programs using gfortran thus: gfortran prog90.f90 -o prog90[.exe if Win32]
Compile F95 programs using gfortran thus: gfortran prog95.f95 -o prog95[.exe if Win32]
Win32 gfortran important options:
C:\Gfortran3>gfortran -S source.f95 -o Assembly.txt
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G95 Compiler:
Debian g95 mirror: http://www.gfd-dennou.org/library/cc-env/g95/index.htm.en
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Intel® Fortran Compiler: http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/219771.htm
Available for Linux 2.6.x, Mac OS 10.4.9 and Windows XP/2003. Free for non commercial use.
Supports Fortran 66/77/90/95 and a subset of Fortran 2003.
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Video History of Fortran:
http://www.fortranlib.com/FORTRAN-1982.wmv
The video contains interviews with the original developers of FORTRAN back in the 1950s.
For example, project leader John Backus (1924-2007) comments on how it was decided to name
it FORTRAN.
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Popular Fortran websites:
BCS Fortran Specialist Group Website: http://www.fortran.bcs.org/
Netlib Repository: http://www.netlib.org/
Netlib is a collection of mathematical software, papers, and databases.
Fortran Library: http://www.fortranlib.com/
A Free Technical Programming Resources
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Amazon.com Books (Prices are subject to change):
$59.36 http://www.amazon.com/Explained-Numerical-Mathematics-Scientific-Computation/dp/0198526938/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214259570&sr=1-1
$60.90 http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Fortran-coverage-2003/dp/1846280532/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-2
$74.00 http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Recipes-FORTRAN-Scientific-Computing/dp/052143064X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-7
$79.95 http://www.amazon.com/Fortran-2003-Handbook-Complete-Procedures/dp/1846283787/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209035514&sr=1-2
$98.10 http://www.amazon.com/FORTRAN-Engineers-Scientists-Introduction-4th/dp/013363003X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-8
$103.50 http://www.amazon.com/FORTRAN-Engineers-Scientists-Larry-Nyhoff/dp/0135197295/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-6
$124.95 http://www.amazon.com/Fortran-90-95-Scientists-Engineers/dp/0072825758/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1/002-3505825-9112064
$12.21 http://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-Programming-Fortran-Outlines/dp/0070411557/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-5
$27.29 http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Fortran-90-95-B-E-S-T/dp/0070119694/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850332&sr=1-10
$38.85 http://www.amazon.com/Fortran-90-Explained-Michael-Metcalf/dp/0198505582/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-13
$45.26 http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Programming-via-Fortran-90/dp/0521524083/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-23
$52.40 http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Statistical-Software-Statistics-Computing/dp/0387238174/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-22
$69.95 http://www.amazon.com/Fortran-95-M-Counihan/dp/1857283678/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-21
$69.96 http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Physics-Steven-E-Koonin/dp/0201386232/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850866&sr=1-36
$70.90 http://www.amazon.com/Structured-Fortran-77-Engineers-Scientists/dp/0471364061/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-18
$72.00 http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Scientific-Fortran-David-Will%C3%A9/dp/0471953830/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850866&sr=1-27
$85.95 http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Visual-FORTRAN-Programmers-Technologies/dp/1555582184/ref=sr_1_49?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214851553&sr=1-49
$99.50 http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Analysis-Interactive-QuickBASIC-Mathematica/dp/084932016X/ref=sr_1_67?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214851628&sr=1-67
$157.75 http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Algorithms-Fortran-Gisela-Engeln-Mullges/dp/3540605290/ref=sr_1_57?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214851553&sr=1-57
$177.50 http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Recipes-Fortran-90-Vol/dp/0521574390/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850625&sr=1-24
$205.00 http://www.amazon.com/Fortran-Programs-Chemical-Analysis-Simulation/dp/0884152804/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214850979&sr=1-41
$35.00 http://www.amazon.com/Expert-Programming-Peter-van-Linden/dp/0131774298
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Common Fortran Wiki's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollerith_constant
http://www.helsinki.fi/atk/unix/dec_manuals/df90au52/dfum031.htm {File I/O}
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Usenet/Newsgroups:
[NOTE: some ISP's are totally dropping usenet services;
independent pay-services may prove more reliable]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.fortran <-- Popular
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.fortran
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.pl1
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ada
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.math* (and related math-orientated groups)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.parallel.mpi
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.military.naval (they use Fortran!)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.ai.philosophy
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"yahoo tech groups" (if you feel these are not reliable, please let me know)
These forums allow you post questions and share discussion which can be
either read on the web, or sent to your email:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/f90/ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/f90]
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fortran/ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fortran]
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fortrandevgroup/ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fortrandevgroup]
You may be expected to be a registered yahoo member to join these groups.
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Development list for the Fortran language front end of GCC:
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.fortran
(this group only accepts messages about issues/bugs with the gcc gfortran compiler)
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For people who enjoy Chess in a whole new way:
http://www.chessvariants.com/ithemed.html
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