Fortran

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

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Fortran is a programming language created specifically for performing mathematical calculations and scientific research, where a computer converts the human-readable code into machine instructions before running it. It remains important because it has been widely used for decades in fields like physics, engineering, and weather prediction, where handling large numerical computations efficiently is critical.

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Programming language.logo: Fortran logo.svg
Programming language.paradigm: Multi-paradigm: structured, imperative (procedural, object-oriented), generic, array
Programming language.designer: John Backus
Programming language.developer: John Backus and IBM
Programming language.latest release version: Fortran 2023 (ISO/IEC 1539:2023)
Programming language.typing: strong, static, manifest
Programming language.implementations: Absoft, Cray, GFortran, G95, IBM XL Fortran, Intel, Hitachi, Lahey/Fujitsu, Numerical Algorithms Group, Open Watcom, PathScale, PGI, Silverfrost, Oracle Solaris Studio, VAX/DEC/VSI, others
Programming language.influenced_by: Speedcoding
Programming language.influenced: ALGOL 58, BASIC, C, Chapel, CMS-2, DOPE, Fortress, MATLAB, PL/I, PACT I, MUMPS, IDL, Ratfor, SAKO
Programming language.file_ext: , ,
Programming language.wikibooks: Fortran

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The Fortran Programming Language — Fortran Programming Language

Fortran : High-performance parallel programming language

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Instance of: imperative programming language
Developer: John Backus
Designed by: John Backus
Official website: fortran-lang.org
Has use: analysis

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programming paradigm: procedural programming
Commons category: Fortran
topic's main category: Category:Fortran
influenced by: Speedcoding
inception: 1957-00-00
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/fortran
name in kana: フォートラン
derivative work: Ratfor
typing discipline: strong typing
file extension: f90
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
source code repository URL: github.com/fortran-lang
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software version identifier: Fortran 2023

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Encyclopedic overview

35 sections

Contents

Naming
Origins
FORTRAN
Fixed layout and punched cards
Evolution
FORTRAN II
Simple FORTRAN II program
FORTRAN III
FORTRAN IV
FORTRAN 66
FORTRAN 77
Transition to ANSI Standard Fortran
Fortran 90
Obsolescence and deletions
"Hello, World!" example
Fortran 95
Conditional compilation and varying length strings
Modern Fortran
Fortran 2003
Fortran 2008
Fortran 2018
Fortran 2023
Language features
Science and engineering
Portability
Historical variants
Manufacturer versions
Student compilers
Fortran-based languages
Code examples
Humor
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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

Fortran was originally developed by IBM with a reference manual being released in 1956; however, the first compilers only began to produce accurate code two years later. Fortran computer programs have been written to support scientific and engineering applications, such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, plasma physics, geophysics, computational physics, crystallography and computational chemistry. It is a popular language for high-performance computing and is used for programs that benchmark and rank the world's fastest supercomputers.

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