Fortran family

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:C_programming_language
gptkbp:community Fortran community
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:John_Backus
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:file_extension .f
.f90
.f95
.for
gptkbp:first_appearance gptkb:1957
gptkbp:has_website gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
gptkb:machine_learning
data analysis
astrophysics
high-performance computing
bioinformatics
computational fluid dynamics
finite element analysis
engineering simulations
numerical weather prediction
gptkbp:historical_significance first widely used high-level programming language
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fortran family
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:ALGOL
gptkbp:is_standardized_by gptkb:ISO/_IEC_1539
gptkbp:language gptkb:COBOL
gptkb:Ada
gptkb:Pascal
gptkb:C
gptkb:ALGOL
gptkbp:latest_version gptkb:Fortran_2018
gptkbp:notable_features modular programming
object-oriented programming
dynamic memory allocation
interoperability with C
parallel computing support
gptkbp:notable_technique gptkb:gfortran
ifort
nagfor
absoft
silverfrost
gptkbp:paradigm procedural programming
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Fortran_2003
gptkb:Fortran_2008
gptkb:Fortran_90
gptkb:Fortran_95
gptkbp:supports array programming
gptkbp:type compiled language
gptkbp:used_in scientific computing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fortran_77
gptkb:Fortran_95
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5