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== Dialects ==
 
== Dialects ==
 
There have been several popular versions of Fortran, namely:
 
There have been several popular versions of Fortran, namely:
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*FORTRAN IV
 
*FORTRAN 66
 
*FORTRAN 66
 
*FORTRAN 77
 
*FORTRAN 77

Revision as of 15:51, 6 August 2010

Fortran, better known as a "FORmula TRANslator". It's primary use was in Scientific and Engineering disciplines.

Dialects

There have been several popular versions of Fortran, namely:

  • FORTRAN IV
  • FORTRAN 66
  • FORTRAN 77
  • FORTRAN 90
  • FORTRAN 95

Hello World

This is a simple FORTRAN program.

      program hello 
      print *, 'Hello!' 
      end

Folk lore

Fortran is popular from the old rant "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal".

Popular Compilers

Popular Fortran Programs