Guide to Fortran 2003 Programming

Description

Fortran, the premier language for scientific computing since its introduction in 1957, originally was designed to allow programmers to evaluate formulas - FORmula TRANslation - easily on large computers. However, now Fortran compilers are available on all sizes of machines, from small desktop computers to huge multi-processors. Fortran has many modern features that will help programmers write efficient, portable, and maintainable programs useful for everything from "hard science" to text processing.

This concise, accessible, and easy-to-read Guide to Fortran 2003 Programming introduces the most important features of Fortran 2003 (also known as Fortran 03), the latest standard version of Fortran. The text is organized for instruction from beginning to end, but also so that particular topics may be studied and read independently - making the work eminently suitable as a reference for professionals.

CONTENTS:

Introduction to Programming in Fortran

Control Constructs

Modules and Procedures

Arrays

Character Data

Structures and Derived Types

IEEE Arithmetic and Exceptions

More about Procedures

Extending Fortran

Pointer Variables

Input and Output

Object-Oriented Programming