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Title: Fortran 95 Handbook (Scientific and Engineering Computation) by Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener ISBN: 0-262-51096-0 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Complete language reference, but not for rookies
Comment: This book covers the complete FORTRAN 95 language definition. The author apparentely intended it as clarifification of the ISO/J3 standard. And that's just what it is. This book even reproduces the complete official F95 grammar in one of its appendices. It has a more-than-complete index, which helps you find what you're looking for most of the time. Don't expect examples in this book; there aren't any.
If you're new to programming and you wish to learn FORTRAN, don't buy this book. You cannot learn the language from it, unless you already have a lot of programming experience in F77 or other languages. If you want to know all the capabilities and limitations of F95, or if you're going to write an F95 compiler, this book has got to be the number one book on your wishlist.
Rating: 3
Summary: Useful, but needed information hard to find
Comment: I am an experienced user of Fortran 77, who is returning to Fortran after several years absence. I qualified as language lawyer for Fortran 77 and could quote chapter and verse of the standard.
The new syntax for Fortran 90/95 is fairly straightforward. I need to no how the new elements of the language inter-relate. For example, when assumed shape arrays are used in a subroutine, an interface definition is required. I tried reading this book before attempting this and could not find the requirement. Even after learning this experimentally and from another book, I still can't locate the requirement in this book. I have had similar experiences with other syntactical inter-relationships.
This book contains a lot of information on Fortran 90/95, but I can't recommend it either as a tutorial or as an advanced reference. Unfortunately, there are no other good alternatives in print and this may be the best of the bunch.
Rating: 5
Summary: A thorough reference to Fortran 95.
Comment: This is not a textbook, but it is an important reference for the Fortran 95 programmer. It covers the features inherited from Fortran 77 as well as the new features in Fortran 90 and 95.
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Title: Fortran 90/95 Explained by Michael Metcalf, John Ker Reid ISBN: 0198505582 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: Object-Oriented Programming via Fortran 90/95 by Ed Akin ISBN: 0521524083 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 13 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90 by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, Brian P. Flannery ISBN: 0521574390 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Fortran 90/95 for Scientists and Engineers by Stephen J. Chapman ISBN: 0070119384 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $74.67 |
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Title: Numerical Recipes in Fortran by William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling ISBN: 052143064X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
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