DocumentCode
1297409
Title
A machine and configuration independent Fortran: Portable Fortran {PFortran}
Author
Whitten, Douglas E. ; Demaine, Paul A D
Author_Institution
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Issue
1
fYear
1975
fDate
3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
111
Lastpage
124
Abstract
Describes the design of a programming language suitable for writing portable, machine independent programs. Based on Fortran, and implemented at the lowest level by means of subprograms, this language (PFortran) provides features which allow programs to be designed so as to be rather insensitive to computer architecture (byte versus word addressable) or to main memory size.
Keywords
FORTRAN; data structures; procedure oriented languages; programming; (PFortran); configuration independent Fortran; data structures; portable Fortran; subprograms; variable precision arithmetic; virtual arrays; Computer languages; Computers; Kernel; Libraries; Memory management; Standards; Syntactics; Data structures; Fortran; machine independent programming; program portability; variable precision arithmetic; virtual arrays;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1975.6312825
Filename
6312825
Link To Document