Fortran information & resources

Fortran resources

Fortran resource file - updated 21 September 2022
Detailed and up-to-date Fortran information covering compilers, books, on-line training material, graphics, parallel programming, analysis, conversion & maintenance tools, electronic lists, standards bodies, Fortran groups & newsletters, Fortran tools, libraries & applications

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Fortran compilers

Compiler Support for the Fortran 2008 and 2018 Standards:
Revision 3 (November 2022), Ian Chivers & Jane Sleightholme

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Earlier versions of our compiler support article

Fortran compiler comparisons for Windows & Linux hosted by Polyhedron Solutions

GFortran

Free compiler - from GNU Fortran project.

Intel

Versions of Intel Parallel Studio XE Composer Edition available for Windows, Linux, and OS X.

NAG Fortran compiler release 7.1 available on Unix, Windows & Mac OS

NAG Fortran Builder - an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for release 7.0 of the Microsoft Windows version of the NAG Fortran compiler.

Diagnostic capability of Fortran compilers

Cray, gfortran, Intel and NAG: revision 5, Ian Chivers & Jane Sleightholme

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Fortran compiler benchmarks: version 1, Ian Chivers & Jane Sleightholme

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Fortran 2023

The Fortran 2023 standard published November 2023.

The new features of Fortran 2023 (N2212), John Reid (pdf)
N2212.pdf
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Fortran 2018

The Fortran 2018 standard published December 2018.

The new features of Fortran 2018 (N2161), John Reid (pdf)
N2161.pdf
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Fortran 2008

The Fortran 2008 standard published on 6 October 2010

The new features of Fortran 2008 (N1891), John Reid, WG5 Convener (pdf)
N1891.pdf
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Coarrays in the next Fortran standard, John Reid, WG5 Convener (pdf)
N1824.pdf
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TS 29113

Technical Specification 29113 was published in 2012. This Technical Specification extends the facility of Fortran for interoperating with C.

Fortran 2003

The new features of Fortran 2003 (N1648) , John Reid, WG5 Convener (pdf)
N1648_john_reid_new_f2003.pdf
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Fortran standards work

WG5 - the official home of Fortran standards

Fortran electronic lists, faq & groups

comp-fortran-90

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

A Usenet news hosted list covering all aspects of Fortran.

Fortran Discourse

Launched on 4th May 2020 - this is an online discussion board for anything and everything Fortran related.

British Computer Society Fortran Specialist Group

Linkedin's Fortran group

A business-related social networking site with a lively Fortran group.

Numerical Libraries

Numerical Algorithms Group

Netlib repository of software, papers, and database

IMSL

Graphics Libraries