Overview, Objects and Expressions

• Introduction
  • The Course
• Fortran Evolution
  • A Brief History of FORTRAN 77
  • Drawbacks of FORTRAN 77
  • New Fortran 90 Features
• Language Obsolescence
  • Obsolescent Features
  • Undesirable Features
• Object Oriented Programming
  • Fortran 90 's Object Oriented Facilities
  • Comparisons with C++
• Fortran 90 Programming
  • Example of a Fortran 90 Program
• Language Elements
  • Source Form
  • Free Format Code
  • Character Set
  • Significant Blanks
  • Names
  • Comments
  • Statement Ordering
• Data Objects
  • Intrinsic Types
  • Literal Constants
  • Implicit Typing
  • Numeric and Logical Declarations
  • Character Declarations
  • Constants (Parameters)
  • Initialisation
• Expressions and Assignment
  • Expressions
  • Assignment
  • Intrinsic Numeric Operations
  • Intrinsic Character Operations
  • Relational Operators
  • Intrinsic Logical Operations
  • Operator Precedence
  • Precedence Example