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== Background == | == Background == | ||
'''Fortran''' is a general-purpose programming language developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. The latest Fortran standards 2003 and 2008 added support for object-oriented programming, inheritance, polymorphism, and parallel processing. Libraries written in [[C]] can be linked with the < | '''Fortran''' is a general-purpose programming language developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. The latest Fortran standards 2003 and 2008 added support for object-oriented programming, inheritance, polymorphism, and parallel processing. Libraries written in [[C]] can be linked with the <tt>iso_c_binding</tt> module. Interfaces to [[ncurses]], xlib, and [[OpenGL]] exist. Some Fortran compilers have Unicode support. | ||
== Compilers == | == Compilers == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:09, 17 December 2017
| Fortran | |
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| Programming Language | |
| Company | multiple |
| Influences | |
| Updated | |
| Status | Stable |
| Licensing | multiple |
| Platforms | Linux, Unix, mac OS, Windows and others. |
| [ Official site of Fortran] | |
Background
Fortran is a general-purpose programming language developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. The latest Fortran standards 2003 and 2008 added support for object-oriented programming, inheritance, polymorphism, and parallel processing. Libraries written in C can be linked with the iso_c_binding module. Interfaces to ncurses, xlib, and OpenGL exist. Some Fortran compilers have Unicode support.
Compilers
Several commercial and open-source Fortran compilers are available for Linux, Unix, macOS, Windows, DOS, and others (see Fortran Wiki). GNU Fortran is part of the GNU Compiler Collection, Flang is a Fortran front-end for LLVM. Both support the Fortran standards 2003 and 2008.