Modern Fortran Explained, 4th Edition

Fortran remains 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 2008, includes many modern features, such as object orientation, coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C and various other enhancements.

Modern Fortran Explained expands on its predecessor, Fortran 95/2003 Explained. The opening chapters contain a complete description of Fortran 95, extended by Fortran 2003 allocatable array features. Coverage of the other additional features of Fortran 2003 follows, before new chapters on coarrays and the many other enhancements of Fortran 2008. The distinction between the three language levels is maintained throughout, allowing readers to understand and amend legacy code as well as the new features.

Authored by three experts in the field, two of whom have actively contributed to Fortran 2008, this is a complete and authoritative description of Fortran in its modern 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 extensive Appendices and an Index, as a handy reference for practitioners.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Whence Fortran?
Chapter 2 Language elements
Chapter 3 Expressions and assignments
Chapter 4 Control constructs
Chapter 5 Program units and procedures
Chapter 6 Array features
Chapter 7 Specification statements
Chapter 8 Intrinsic procedures
Chapter 9 Data transfer
Chapter 10 Operations on external files
Chapter 11 Floating-point exception handling
Chapter 12 Interoperability with C
Chapter 13 Type parameters and procedure pointers
Chapter 14 Object-oriented programming
Chapter 15 Establishing and moving data
Chapter 16 Miscellaneous enhancements
Chapter 17 Input/output enhancements
Chapter 18 Enhanced module facilities
Chapter 19 Coarrays
Chapter 20 Other Fortran 2008 enhancements

A: Intrinsic procedures
B: Deprecated features
C: Obsolescent features
D: Avoiding compilation cascades
E: Object-oriented list example
F: Fortran terms
G: Solutions to exercises