Publisher's Synopsis
Designed for beginners, A Textbook on Fortran, is ideal for those who have not been exposed to the earlier versions of the language, whilst offering new features for the more experienced. Offering complete examples of Fortran programs as illustrations, the book provides tips for writing efficient and readable programs and includes recent additions to the standard features of the language, such as Array Handling Intrinsics, Enhancement in Dynamic Memory Management, IEEE Arithmetic Modules, Variable Length Strings and many other new features of the language.