Fortran 77
INTRODUCTION
When I started to learn programming Fortran 77 some years ago I found it hard to find detailed information. Although details about the more recent Fortran 90 and 95 implementions were abundant, finding precious Fortran 77 information was like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Thus, I decided to setup this page in order to help others to gather Fortran 77 information.
BACKGROUND
A good source for information about Fortran in general is the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
DOCUMENTATION
Professional Programmer's Guide to Fortran77 (PostScript version)
- An electronic book by Clive G. Page.
Interactive Fortran 77: A hands on approach (PostScript version)
- An electronic book by Ian D. Chivers and Jane Sleightholme.
Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77: The Art of Scientific Computing
- An electronic book by William H. Press et al.
User notes on FORTRAN programming
- This tutorial gives some useful programming tips.
The X3J3 standard of the Fortran 77 programming language
- The definition of Fortran 77.
COMPILERS
The famous compiler suite, which includes g77. It's available for many platforms (free of charge).
Intel Fortran Compiler for Windows and Linux
High quality, well documented compiler. Free for academic use on Linux.
Fortran compiler for Windows 95/98 or NT
The personal edition of this compiler can be downloaded for free.
Lahey Fortran compiler (for Windows and Linux).
A 60-day trial version is available for AIX and Linux.
High Performance Computing for Mac OS X
Includes binaries (for Panther and Tiger) of g77 and gfortran.
COMMENTS
Any comments about Fortran 77 or this page are very welcome.
Last modified: December 18, 2009.