What is Fortran, and where can I learn more about it?
Fortran is a general-purpose programming language that is especially popular among scientists and engineers. Its name comes from FORmulate and TRANslate. It is the oldest of the high-level languages, dating back to an IBM project in the mid-1950s. However, it is continually being revised and updated, with five ANSI standards (Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Fortran 95, Fortran 2003, and Fortran 2008) released.
There are a number of Fortran dialects, including F and ELF. F is a subset of Fortran 90 designed as a simple yet powerful language for beginning programmers. ELF, also a subset of Fortran 90, is similar to F, but is available only for Intel-based computers.
For more information about Fortran, visit the Fortran Company at:
http://pages.swcp.com/~walt/
Another source of information is the Fortran newsgroup
comp.lang.fortran.
