Introduction To Fortran 90 95 (B.E.S.T. Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 576 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Edition: 1st Edition September 1, 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0070119694
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0070119697
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Book Description
B.E.S.T. (Basic Engineering Series and Tools) consists of modularized textbooks offering virtually every topic and specialty likely to be covered in an introductory engineering course. All the texts boast distinguished authors and the most current content. These inexpensive B.E.S.T modules are easily combined with each other to construct the ideal Intro to Engineering course. The goal of this series is to provide the educational community with material that is timely, affordable, of high quality, and flexible in how it is used.

Reader Reviews
Fortran is still widely used in science and engineering, though if you look at new computer books, you can scarcely tell this. Since those usually discuss languages like C, C++ and Java. But when it comes to raw number crunching, and where a GUI might be nice, but is strictly secondary, there is a ton of legacy code in Fortran. So there is still a need for a book like this, which discusses how to use the latest version, Fortran 95. What the author strives for is to cover something lacking in many older Fortran texts. Those tend to explain the syntax and how to write small programs, of a few thousand lines or less. But there is often little discussion on how to manage the complexity of libraries stretching to 10^5 lines or 10^6 lines of code. How can you maintain and understand and add to these bodies? Issues like unit testing, which quite often discussed in java or C++, are well described here. Design discipline is also emphasised. So if you are still writing in Fortran, and are wondering about coping with growing code, consider this book. Comment | | (Report this)