PPT Slide
Fortran is created in mid 1950’s and stands for (
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published
the first FORTRAN standard in 1966. Later the updated ANSI
FORTRAN standard was known as FORTRAN 77
More refined, extended and improved version of this
language is released as Fortran 90. New features are:
(1) Replacement of the old fixed format for programs with a free form
(2) Longer names for objects, making programs easier to read
(3) New control constructs for selective and repetitive execution
(4) New kinds of subprograms to facilitate modular programming
(5) Powerful new array-processing mechanisms