Title :
Fortran: a space odyssey
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Energy, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA
Abstract :
The author discusses the benefits of “modern” Fortran, that is, Fortran after the Fortran 90 standard. He argues that modern Fortran is better than pre-90 Fortran in several ways. Nowhere is that more dramatic than in the handling of space. The author explains how the new facilities improve upon the old, by taking a kind of “space odyssey”. This journey from the Beginning to Modern Times will illustrate how Fortran has evolved and suggest how to best use the new facilities. Perhaps, if you have not done so already, it will motivate you to begin using modern Fortran
Keywords :
FORTRAN; data structures; program control structures; programming; storage allocation; Fortran 90 standard; Fortran language; modern Fortran; space handling; Adaptive mesh refinement; Books; Distributed computing; Documentation; Laboratories; Open source software; Partial differential equations; Programming profession; Software libraries; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/5992.909003
