FORTRAN

How To Use FORTRAN In A Sentence

• Fortran is the language used because it allows you to express the mathematics and physics in a very clear succinct fashion. What makes software engineering for climate models different? | Serendipity
• The connection goes both ways; SISAL can call C and Fortran routines, and C and Fortran can call SISAL routines.
• Lisp wasn't designed to fix the mistakes in Fortran; it came about more as the byproduct of an attempt to axiomatize computation. What Made Lisp Different
• In my experience (when I was a climate modeller, talking to climate modellers), many who had had * enough* exposure to object orientation, would cheerfully admit that O-O codes could well have made some model tasks easier, but given that the job was already done in Fortran … What makes software engineering for climate models different? | Serendipity
• So next time some geek tries to blind you with science by saying, ‘I'm translating some FORTRAN into BASIC, but I'd really like to re-do it in Assembler,’ you will have some idea what that means.
• To maintain a high level of performance in modern parallel architectures, High Performance Fortran also provides non-uniform memory access capabilities.
• In college I learned a computer language called FORTRAN, which is now extinct, but my lightweight exposure to computer languages does not translate into any kind of computer savvy now. Instructions for Your Discontent
• Slide 15: Fortran I Overview (continued) • First implemented version of FORTRAN - No separate compilation - Compiler released in April 1957, after 18 worker - years of effort - Programs larger than 400 lines rarely compiled correctly, mainly due to poor reliability of 704 - Code was very fast - Quickly became widely used Copyright © 2007 Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• To call C routines from a Fortran program, you will have to write some C code.
• When the rules changed, we reprogrammed the Fortran simulation model, tested it, and then put it on the server.