Talk: Fortran
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FORTRAN -vs- Fortran
Stephen Gilbert: you changed Fortran to FORTRAN, saying Fortran is normally spelt in all caps. If I recall correctly, older versions of Fortran (FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN 74) are spelt will all caps, whilst the new version (Fortran 90) is spelt in normal mixed case. (I may be wrong though.) -- Simon J Kissane
- FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, and Fortran 95 is IMHO the correct spelling. I am not sure, if there is a blank inbetween
{FORTRAN | Fortran} and {77|9095}. I've tried to find some "official" Fortran Website, but failed. Is there one? -- Tobias Hoevekamp
- I found http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fortran-faq/ and it seems to support the Fortran spelling.
article merge
Someone added new material to Fortran programming language presumably without realising that Fortran existed. I have merged and moved it all to Fortran programming language. --drj
links
Thanks for the entry. In addition it would be nice to have some commented links to well known Fortran compilers including free ones and perhaps a tiny example like Euclid's algorithm (gcd). Well and a note about libraries would be fine as well. -- HJH
article title
I wonder why the historical all-caps spelling FORTRAN is used in the page title, instead of the modern spelling (which appears to be a redirect to the historical name). Shouldn't the modern form be the primary one?
Could somebody try to move this page to Fortran? For some reason 'Move this Page' doesn't work for me right now. --mav
- Problem with the InnoDB database upgrade .. will be fixed soon .. --Eloquence 11:28 Jan 25, 2003 (UTC)
- Fixed. --Brion 11:34 Jan 25, 2003 (UTC)
Code sample
Isn't the Code Sample a bad example in that it's an indefinate loop?
- Yes it is. I'm changing it.
- I added a code sample. Keep it, modify it, trash it if you like. The "Hello World" sample just seemed too simple to me. As some anonymous soul has noted, yes, it is for MS-DOS. You can tell how old the code is by the fact that it calls for a file on the "A:" drive. This program was written about 1983. Yeah, it's old, but so is Fortran.--Wcrowe 02:08, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
embedded spaces in identifiers in Fortran?
Does modern Fortran allow embedded spaces in identifiers like the older FORTRAN IV did? - Bevo 19:07, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
Open Source Compiler
Thanks to The Recycling Troll for adding the Open Watcom compiler link. I tried it out, and changed the sample code so that it will compile with it. The original code was over 20 years old and was written for a compiler which hasn't been around for a long time. Hopefully this will help any newbies who want to try the code for themselves.Wcrowe 19:28, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
