seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) (04/07/88)
I'm having difficulty locating a good ForTran reference manual. I've found plenty of ForTran textbooks and cookbooks of routines written in ForTran, but no reference manuals. Is there a good manual that covers standard ForTran 77 ( not a particular implementation )? Matthew Seitz seitz@cory.berkeley.edu
arnold@eneevax.UUCP (Douglas Arnold) (04/07/88)
In article <2138@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes: > > I'm having difficulty locating a good ForTran reference manual. >I've found plenty of ForTran textbooks and cookbooks of routines written >in ForTran, but no reference manuals. Is there a good manual that >covers standard ForTran 77 ( not a particular implementation )? I find "FORTRAN 77" by Harry Katzan, Jr. to be concise, relatively complete, and easy to use for reference. Publication data is Van Nostrand, 1978, ISBN 0-442-24278-6.
reeder@ut-emx.UUCP (William P. Reeder) (04/08/88)
In article <2138@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes: > > I'm having difficulty locating a good ForTran reference manual. > I've found plenty of ForTran textbooks and cookbooks of routines written > in ForTran, but no reference manuals. Is there a good manual that > covers standard ForTran 77 ( not a particular implementation )? > > Matthew Seitz > seitz@cory.berkeley.edu When looking for a FORTRAN reference manual, I don't think you can beat "ANSI X3.9-1978 American National Standard Programming Language FORTRAN". It is guaranteed to describe "standard" FORTRAN 77 (not a particular implementation) because it IS the standard. You can probably still order it from: American National Standards Institute 1430 Broadway New York, New York 10018 -- William {Wills,Card,Weekly,Virtual} Reeder reeder@emx.utexas.edu Scholars who study dinosaurs say there were some smart dinosaurs and lots of stupid dinosaurs. Those smart dinosaurs came along early, but in the survival wars, please note, the stupid dinosaurs won. DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself, and usually only to myself.
chpf127@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Eaton) (04/09/88)
In article <2138@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes: > > I'm having difficulty locating a good ForTran reference manual. > I've found plenty of ForTran textbooks and cookbooks of routines written > in ForTran, but no reference manuals. Is there a good manual that > covers standard ForTran 77 ( not a particular implementation )? > > Matthew Seitz > seitz@cory.berkeley.edu I have found the following to be a very good reference text. Effective Fortran 77 Michael Metcalf Oxford University Press, 1985 ISBN 0-19-853709 He gives a short but fairly complete summary of the language followed by chapters on portability, style, program design, efficiency, testing, and documentation. Things I like about the book include: o It stresses the importance of writing standard, portable code. o It stresses writing code which other people can read. o It contains none of the usual textbook junk (i.e. this is why we use do loops, this is what if statements are for, etc.). J. Eaton Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Disclaimer: My employer doesn't even know I'm speaking, but if he did, he'd want you to know that I'm not speaking for him.
seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) (04/09/88)
In article <1636@ut-emx.UUCP" reeder@ut-emx.UUCP (William P. Reeder) writes: "In article <2138@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes: "> [...] "> Matthew Seitz "> seitz@cory.berkeley.edu " "When looking for a FORTRAN reference manual, I don't think you can beat ""ANSI X3.9-1978 American National Standard Programming Language FORTRAN". "It is guaranteed to describe "standard" FORTRAN 77 (not a particular "implementation) because it IS the standard. "[...] "-- "William {Wills,Card,Weekly,Virtual} Reeder reeder@emx.utexas.edu " "Scholars who study dinosaurs say there were some smart dinosaurs and lots "of stupid dinosaurs. Those smart dinosaurs came along early, but in the "survival wars, please note, the stupid dinosaurs won. " "DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself, and usually only to myself. I had considered ordering the ANSI Standard both for Fortran and Pascal, as well as the ISO Pascal standard. However, after reading some excerpts of the ISO Pascal standard quoted in _Standard_Pascal_ by Doug Cooper, I decided I'd be better of sticking to good third party reference manual, due to the cumbersome language used in the standard. By the way, _Standard_Pascal_ is the best language manual I have ever read. If anyone is familiar with this book, and knows of a ForTran reference manual which is comparable, please let me know. Matthew Seitz seitz@cory.berkeley.edu