Fortran 77 to Fortran 95 Programming Conversion Course
Course Description
This course is aimed at existing Fortran 77 programmers wanting to update their skills and learn about the most recent version of the Fortran 90/95 language. With reference to the changes introduced in Fortran 90, Fortran 95 and ISO TR 15580/15581. Covering Fortran's new features an discovering it's powerful and expressive language capable of solving a wide range of problem types.
This course is run as an intensive three day mix of lectures with hands on practical exercises.
Upon completion of the course delegates should be able to:
Write programs using Fortran 95 language syntax
Compile programs from the command line
Identify differences between Fortran 95 and earlier versions.
This course is run as an intensive three day mix of lectures with hands on practical exercises.
Upon completion of the course delegates should be able to:
Write programs using Fortran 95 language syntax
Compile programs from the command line
Identify differences between Fortran 95 and earlier versions.
Course pre-requisites:
Delegates should have experience of programming in Fortran 77.
Experience with the command line interface to the host computer.
Using an editor.
Experience with the command line interface to the host computer.
Using an editor.
Topics covered on the 3 day Fortran 77 to Fortran 95 Programming Conversion course
- The design and evolution of the Fortran Language, Fortran 66, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Fortran 95, ISO TR 15580, ISO TR 15581 and Fortran 2000. Its relationship to other languages, including C, C++, C#, Pascal Visual Basic etc.
- The New Source Form
- Arithmetic and the specification of precision
- Arrays and whole array processing
- The new intrinsic functions
- The new control structures
- Scoping
- User defined data types
- Dynamic Data Types
- Modules and Packaging
- Some Case Studies
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | July 2010 |
| 3-5 | 7-9 | 26-28 | - | - |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Programming Training and bespoke Programming courses