Offering a clear tutorial guide to the new Fortran 90 language, this book highlights Fortran 90's role as a powerful tool for problem solving in engineering and science. Having been involved in the development of the new standard, the authors provide (as a bonus) an inside perspective on the design rationale behind the major features of Fortran 90.
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Offering a clear tutorial guide for the new Fortran 90 language, this book highlights Fortran 90's role as a powerful tool for problem-solving in engineering and science. Having been involved in the development of the new standard, the authors provide (as a bonus) an inside perspective on the design rationale behind the major features of Fortran 90.
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- comprehensive coverage of all the major language features, with clear guidelines on the differences between the 77 and 90 standards
- case studies illustrating its applications in scientific problem-solving
- two authoritative chapters in coding numerical methods in Fortran 90
- an early introduction to procedures and modules to encourage a structural approach to programming
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About the Author
T.M.R. Ellis is Director of the Educational Technology Resources Centre at the University of Oxford. He has taught and written about Fortran for over 25 years, and was a member of both the ANSI and ISO committees responsible for developing the Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 standards. He is currently Convenor of the ISO Fortran Working Group which is responsible for all future development of Fortran.
Ivor R. Philips is a Senior Principal Mathematician at Boeing in Seattle, Washington. A specialist in numerical analysis, he has led a team of experts in creating the Boeing Fortran subprogram libraries, and was head of the US delegation to the ISO Fortran Working Group during the creation of Fortran 90.
About Thomas M. Lahey
Thomas M. Lahey runs his own company, Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., in Incline Valley, Nevada, which develops and markets Fortran compilers for the PC market, setting the standard by which other compilers are measured. He was responsible for the first FORTRAN 77 compiler available upon approval of the standard.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent book for learning new features of fortran 90,
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This review is from: Fortran 90 Programming (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
Well written detailed coverage of Fotran 90. Clear explanations of obsolete F77 features and other features of the language to avoid using and why. I would recommend this text to anyone wishing to learn F90 from scratch or upgrading from F77. Good example programs, code fragment and many programming exercises with solutions. I am now enjoying the use of derived types and generic functions as well as extending the intrinsic functions.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very carefully written textbook and reference.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fortran 90 Programming (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
This is one of the best books on Fortran 90 programming. Its major strength is that the information in the book is reliable and correct. It may especially be very useful for experienced FORTRAN 77 programmers. I think every Fortran programmer must have a copy of this text in his/her library.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good explanations but too pedantic,
By biochemprof (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fortran 90 Programming (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)
This book explains very well the features of Fortran90 programming, but it is way too pedantic. I would have preferred a more concise, O'Reilly style of writing. Many examples of very simple code are provided to illustrate points - I found them to distract from the points being made. The book could also have benefited from a more Object Oriented focus as many of the new features of F90 over F77 are attempts to move Fortran in this direction.
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