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  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (24 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198505582
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198505587
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.7 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 446,354 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On the first edition: "The book is well designed and written in a clear and understandable language. It is recommended for people working in technical fields in FORTRAN environments who need a tutorial as well as a detailed language reference." --Zentralblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzegebiete
"Both authors are eminent scientists in the field of scientific computing and their experience shines through every page and every example." --Mathematics Today


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The success of Fortran as the predominant language in the field of scientific and numerical computing is due, in part, to its steady evolution. Following the publication of standards in 1966, 1977 and 1991, the committee responsible for their development, J3, worked in conjunction with an ISO committee to enhance Fortran 90, as the 1991 standard was known, creating Fortran 95. "Fortran 95" was published in 1997, and, in addition to Fortran 90's new features for array processing, abstract data types, modules, and pointers, it contains additional features to keep it aligned with High Performance Fortran, as well as some minor enhancements. This volume represents a revision of the first edition of "Fortran 90/95 Explained". "The Fortran 95" material is now fully integrated with that of "Fortran 90", whilst maintaining a clear distinction between the two language levels. Chapters on enhanced data type facilities and floating-point exception handling, two optional enhancements to Fortran 95, have been added. It is a complete and authoritative description of Fortran 90/95, and is intended for new and existing users, and for all those involved in scientific and numerical computing. From reviews of the first edition: "The book is well designed and written in a clear and understandable language. It is recommended for people working in technical fields in FORTRAN environments who need a tutorial as well as a detailed language reference. IZentralblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzegebiete, both authors are eminent scientists in the field of scientific computing and their experience shines through every page and every example". - "Mathematics Today".

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4.0 out of 5 stars Always the first Fortran 90 book I pick up., 24 Nov 1999
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In my opinion this book gives a thorough, yet concise account of the Fortran 90 programming language and its more recent Fortran 95 revision. Its virtue lies in its unambiguous definition of terms, programming constructs, function definitions etc. It is ideal for the experienced programmer who wants to know how to code a specific task in Fortran 90. It is most definitely not suitable, nor aimed at either the novice programmer or the programmer of the Fortran 66 era; both of whom need a slower, more example and algorithm driven, introduction to the Fortran of the 90's.

I have successfully used this book for teaching, but only to experienced Fortran 77 programmers eager to learn about the new language, and with the aid of highly structured lectures and supervised computer tutorial sessions. I would not recommend it for student self study.

As an experienced programmer, what I most like about this book is that I can look up a term in the index, be referred to a small number of entries in the text, and rest assured that in those few pages I have all the information I require on that topic. Other Fortran books I have read frequently do not document, or pay scant regard to, important features of the language such as optional arguments to I/O statements or generic function disambiguation.

If I were only allowed to keep just one Fortran 90 text book this would be the one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars For experienced programmers in a hurry, 1 April 2006
This is the complete opposite of those thick expensive computer books full of endless examples that take chapters to get as far as "hello world". You're an experienced programmer in other languages and you have a big chunk of Fortran 90/95 to get to grips with. You just want to get on with it, quickly.

The authors were probably hoping to produce something like Kernighan and Ritchie's concise guide to the C language. This book is about as close as I can find for Fortran 90/95 but it severely lacks the elegance and readability that make K&R an all time classic. I don't understand the structure of this one at all - it's a bit of a mess. But it's short enough to flick through, and the index works most of the time... unless you're looking for symbols: the publishers have decided that since "&&" is not a word, it doesn't merit space in the index, so rather traditionally they start with the "A"s.

But the book does the job, and that's all you really need.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Can be useful as a reference, 16 Aug 2005
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This book is very concise but has little structre. It is not very useful as a tutorial. It does have a lot of information in it, or rather "all over it" which you can find using the index, which is good. It's main advantages are it's comfortable size and the fact that a lot of the information from it is also available online.It's a nice book to have if you already know Fortran, but I find clearer explenations, examples and advice in S. Chapman's book.
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