PPT Slide
Fortran 90 and its subsets
Compilers for Fortran 90 (or 95) are big and expensive and they do
not discourage use of inessential Fortran features. Allows to use
which include thousands of programs and
routines in standard libraries such as IMSL (International
Mathematics and Statistics Library), NAG (Numerical Algorithm
Group), LAPACK and LINPACK.
contain all of the most powerful features that
Fortran users need, while providing compatibility with the full
Fortran standard language.
are excellent languages for introductory programming
interaction. They have the features that are needed for applied
programming in science and engineering (including arrays and
They provide a way to teach the good parts of Fortran without
exposing students to the bad parts.