Modern Fortran Explained: Incorporating Fortran 2018

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Michael Metcalf (Formerly of CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) John Reid (Numerical Analyst, Numerical Analyst, JKR Associates, Oxfordshire)

Modern Fortran Explained

Incorporating Fortran 2018

Michael Metcalf (Formerly of CERN, Geneva, Switzerland), John Reid (Numerical Analyst, Numerical Analyst, JKR Associates, Oxfordshire), Malcolm Cohen (Principal technical consultant, Principal technical consultant, The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd, Oxford, U.K.)

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Oxford University Press
20 September 2018

Programming & scripting languages: general

Series: Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2018 - includes many additions and improvements.

This edition of Modern Fortran Explained expands on the last. Given the release of updated versions of Fortran compilers, the separate descriptions of Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 have been incorporated into the main text, which thereby becomes a unified description of the full Fortran 2008 version of the language. This clearer standard has allowed

many deficiencies and irregularities in the earlier language versions to be resolved.

Four new chapters describe the additional features of Fortran 2018, with its enhancements to coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C, IEEE arithmetic, and various other improvements.

Written by leading experts in the field, two of whom have actively contributed to Fortran 2018, this is a complete and authoritative description of Fortran in its latest form. It is intended for new and existing users of the language, and for all those involved in scientific and numerical computing. It is suitable as a textbook for teaching and, with its index, as a handy reference for practitioners.

By: Michael Metcalf (Formerly of CERN Geneva Switzerland), John Reid (Numerical Analyst, Numerical Analyst, JKR Associates, Oxfordshire), Malcolm Cohen (Principal technical consultant, Principal technical consultant, The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd, Oxford, U.K.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 169mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198811886
ISBN 10: 0198811888
Series: Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 20 September 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Whence Fortran? 2: Language elements 3: Expressions and assignments 4: Control constructs 5: Program units and procedures 6: Allocation of data 7: Array features 8: Specification statements 9: Intrinsic procedures and modules 10: Data transfer 11: Edit descriptors 12: Operations on external files 13: Advanced type parameter features 14: Procedure pointers 15: Object-oriented programming 16: Submodules 17: Coarrays 18: Floating-point exception handling 19: Interoperability with C 20: Fortran 2018 coarray enhancements 21: Fortran 2018 enhancements to interoperability with C 22: Fortran 2018 conformance with ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011 23: Minor Fortran 2018 features

Michael Metcalf worked for many years at CERN. He is the author or co-author of a range of publications, including forerunners to the present volume, as well as Effective FORTRAN 77 (OUP NY, 1985) and a number of contributions to technical encyclopaedias John Reid is well-known as a numerical analyst and is a co-author of Direct Methods for Sparse Matrices (OUP, 2017). He is the Convenor of the ISO Fortran Committee and has played a leading role in the development of many of the features of modern Fortran, especially of coarrays. Malcolm Cohen is a mathematician and the leading compiler writer at NAG. He has participated actively in the development of the Fortran standards, being a major designer of the objected-oriented features. He is the Editor of the Fortran 2008 standard.

Reviews for Modern Fortran Explained: Incorporating Fortran 2018

Well organized and equipped with good examples, the text can be used as both a tutorial and a reference. It describes each of the language elements and explains where FORTRAN 2018 differs from its predecessors. A thorough index is provided; all illustrations are clear and concise. The language used in descriptions and explanations throughout the book is clear and easy to follow. This book is an excellent resource for all practitioners. * F. H. Wild III, University of Rhode Island, CHOICE Connect *