Classical Fortran

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 760 pages
• Published by: CRC
• Edition: 1st Edition June 15, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0824708024
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0824708023
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.5 pounds

Product Description
Classical FORTRAN is a college text, self-study guide, and reference about computer programming for numerical calculations. The book features a conversational, classroom-proven style that is easy to read and contains numerous case studies and examples. The author provides practical advice on program design, documentation, and coding style and very detailed coverage of floating-point arithmetic. He thoroughly discusses performance measurement and optimization and introduces parallel processing using MPI, FORTRAN-90, High Performance FORTRAN, and vector processing. The author also gives expert advice on dealing with troublesome legacy codes.

Book Info
College text, self-study guide, and reference about programming computers to do calculating using FORTRAN, the original and still most widely-recognized language for engineering and scientific applications.

Reader Reviews
While this book doesn't include many of the newer additions to the Fortran language, it does cover all of the basics in enough detail that a beginning scientific or engineering programmer can easily write their own programs using it. However, the real value of this book is that it is written in a very simple and easy to follow (and sometimes even entertaining) style. It includes only the necessary details, but doesn't assume that the reader is familiar with any of the idiosyncracies of the Fortran language. Every topic includes a fundamental description of how the feature works, instructions and examples to demonstrate its use, as well as examples of how not to use it. The index is very thorough, making this a great reference book as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning to write scientific or engineering applications in Fortran. The chapters on coding style and "what not to do" alone are in my opinion worth the cost of the book.