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Fortran

Fortran (/ˈfɔːrtræn/; formerly FORTRAN) is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.

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Designed by
John Backus
Developer
John Backus and IBM
Filename extensions
.f90, .f, .for
First appeared
1957; 69 years ago (1957)
Paradigm
Multi-paradigm: structured, imperative (procedural, object-oriented), generic, array
Stable release
Fortran 2023 (ISO/IEC 1539:2023) / November 17, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-17)

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Fortran

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related to Further reading · 38
Fortran → ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Also, American National Standard, American National Standards Institute, ANSI, ANSI X3, Archived, August, Base, Computer, Draft, Final Draft International Standard, Geneva, GKS, Graphical Kernel System, Industrial Real-Time FORTRAN, Informally, Information, ISO, ISO/IEC
related to External links · 37
Fortran → An, April, Archived February, Backus Papers, California, Computer History MuseumValmer Norrod, Computer Science Corporation El, Congress, Eijkhout, FORTRAN II, Fortran2008, GFortran, History, HPC, Introduction, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Library, Manuscript Division, Martha Horton
related to Origins · 36
Fortran → A-0 System, April, As, Autocode, Backus, Best, Brooker, David Sayre, Ferranti Mercury, Grace Murray Hopper, Halcombe Laning, Harlan Herrick, Harold Stern, Heinz Rutishauser, IBM, In, Irving Ziller, Its, John, Laning
related to FORTRAN 66 · 30
Fortran → American National Standards Institute, American Standard Fortran, American Standards Association, ANSI, BACKSPACE, Basic FORTRAN, BEMA, Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, COMPLEX, DATAprogram, DIMENSION, DOUBLE PRECISION, FORTRAN II, FORTRAN IV, FUNCTION, I/OFORMATstatement, IFstatementsDOloop, Main, March, PAUSE
related to FORTRAN 77 · 28
Fortran → After, Allowed, ANSI, April, ASCII, Association, BEMA, BlockIFandEND IFstatements, CBEMA, CLOSE, Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers, Defense, Department, Final, Hollerith, I/O, I/OCHARACTERdata, IFandELSEclauses, LGE, LGT
related to FORTRAN · 27
Fortran → ASSIGN, DIMENSIONandEQUIVALENCEstatementsAssignment, DIVIDE CHECK, DRUMOther I/O, END FILE, FORMAT, GO TO, I/O, IBM, IF, IF ACCUMULATOR OVERFLOW, IF QUOTIENT OVERFLOW, LIGHT, PRINT, READ, READ DRUM, READ INPUT TAPE, READ TAPE, REWIND, SENSE LIGHT
related to Science and engineering · 19
Fortran → Although, BASIC, Cecil, CFP2006, CFP2017, IMSL, In, It, Jay Pasachoff, LAPACK, Leith, Many, Math, Modula-2, NAG, Numerical Recipes, Pascal, So, SPEC
related to Fortran 90 · 17
Fortran → ANSI Standard, Blanks, CASE, CASE DEFAULT, COS, DOstatement, END SELECTconstruct, Free-form, In, Inline, ISO/IEC, Line, Lowercase Fortran, RECURSIVE, The, Typically, WHEREstatement
related to Manufacturer versions · 17
Fortran → Another, Blatt, Daniel, Data General Corp, Eclipse, FORTRAN IV Programming, Guide, It, John, McCracken's, MV, Nonetheless, Nova, One, Some, The, Until
related to Fortran-based languages · 13
Fortran → C-like, Despite, EFL, FLECS, MORTRAN, Popular, Prior, Ratfiv, Ratfor, S-Fortran, SFtran, The PFORT, These

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FortranDesigned byJohn Backus1.00infobox
FortranDeveloperJohn Backus and IBM1.00infobox
FortranFilename extensions.f90, .f, .for1.00infobox
FortranFirst appeared1957; 69 years ago (1957)1.00infobox
FortranParadigmMulti-paradigm: structured, imperative (procedural, object-oriented), generic, array1.00infobox
FortranStable releaseFortran 2023 (ISO/IEC 1539:2023) / November 17, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-17)1.00infobox
FortranTyping disciplineStrong, static, manifest1.00infobox
FortranWebsitefortran-lang.org1.00infobox
electrical engineering.By 1960instance ofThe inclusion of a complex number data type in the language made Fortran especially suited to technical applications0.80text
versions of FORTRAN were available for the IBM 709instance ofThe inclusion of a complex number data type in the language made Fortran especially suited to technical applications0.80text
650instance ofThe inclusion of a complex number data type in the language made Fortran especially suited to technical applications0.80text
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