Fortran 77,95,2003 information & resources

• Fortran resources (pdf file, 293 kb)
  • detailed and up-to-date Fortran information covering
    • compilers
    • books
    • on-line training material
    • graphics
    • parallel programming
    • analysis, conversion and maintenance tools
    • electronic lists
    • standards bodies
    • Fortran groups and newsletters
    • Fortran tools, libraries and applications
    
    
• Background history & current status of Fortran (pdf file, 52kb)

• The new features of Fortran 2003, John Reid, WG5 Convener (pdf file, 104kb)

• Computational Science Education Paper: Comparision of Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C and C++ (pdf file, 261kb)

         
Fortran electronic lists, faq & groups

comp-fortran-90
is a Jiscmail hosted list which is restricted to questions about Fortran since the publication of the Fortran 90 standard. It can either be browsed on-line or subscribed to and postings will be received by email.

comp.lang.fortran
is a Usenet news hosted list covering all aspects of Fortran.

Fortran 90/95 FAQ - maintained by Michel Olagnon

British Computer Society Fortran Specialist Group

Numerical Libraries

• IMSL
• Numerical Algorithms Group
• Netlib repository of software, papers, and databases

Oddities

• The Fortran (not the foresight) saga: the light and the dark (pdf, 51 kb)
  

        An article written by Brian Meek in 1990 on the development of Fortran.

For further information please contact queries@fortranplus.co.uk