USER NOTES ON FORTRAN PROGRAMMING (UNFP)

Contents

• Introduction
• Corrections
• Plans
• Mirroring

1 - Programming

• 1-1 - Short history of FORTRAN/Fortran
• 1-2 - Comparison between FORTRAN and C
• 1-3 - General programming rules
• 1-4 - Standard and non-standard FORTRAN
• 1-5 - Obsolete statements
• 1-6 - Program layout
• 1-7 - Debugging and program validation
• 1-8 - FORTRAN pitfalls
• 1-9 - Code optimization
• 1-10 - Optimization techniques
• 1-11 - FORTRAN/C interoperability
• 1-12 - Recursion
• 1-13 - Program input and output
• 1-14 - General programming techniques

2 - Language topics

• 2-1 - A FORTRAN specific problem
• 2-2 - Constants
• 2-3 - Data types
• 2-4 - Passing arrays to subprograms
• 2-5 - Variable size arrays
• 2-6 - Array storage order
• 2-7 - Common blocks
• 2-8 - Logical units and files
• 2-9 - I/O Methods
• 2-10 - Using I/O formats
• 2-11 - Internal files
• 2-12 - (in prep.) VMS I/O
• 2-13 - Using strings and character arrays
• 2-14 - FORTRAN carriage control
• 2-15 - Intrinsic functions/Optimized libraries
• 2-16 - Dynamic memory allocation and pointers
• 2-17 - (in prep.) Parallel Fortran
• 2-18 - DO and other loops
• 2-19 - (in prep.) Memory management
• 2-20 - (in prep.) Syntax restrictions

3 - Tools

• 3-1 - Compiler options
• 3-2 - Editors
• 3-3 - Finding useful routines
• 3-4 - Literature
• 3-5 - Preprocessors
• 3-6 - Libraries
• 3-7 - Graphics and Visualization
• 3-8 - (in prep.) Debuggers
• 3-9 - (in prep.) Error messages
• 3-10 - Performance measurment
• 3-11 - Useful WWW links

4 - Floating-point numbers

• 4-1 - FP numbers - theory
• 4-2 - FP numbers - an example
• 4-3 - FP numbers- practical issues
• 4-4 - Floats on different machines
• 4-5 - Floating point exceptions
• 4-6 - Errors in FP computations
• 4-7 - Numerical stability
• 4-8 - (in prep.) Radix conversion
• 4-9 - Avoiding floating-point errors
• 4-10 - The world of integers

5 - The environment

• 5-1 - Operating systems
• 5-2 - (in prep.) Compilation and linking
• 5-3 - Data alignment
• 5-4 - Files and records
• 5-5 - Terminals and printers
• 5-6 - (in prep.) File porting and FTP
• 5-7 - Tapes
• 5-8 - (in prep.) Data compression

APPENDICES

• A - Diagnosing integer arithmetic type
• B - Character codes table
• C - Arrays and pointers in C
• D - Example: Unformatted textual header
• E - Quick reference to Netlib
• F - PC Fortran 90 compilers
• G - Fortran 90 tutorials
• H - Experimental error analysis modules

GLOSSARY

LIST OF TABLES

INDEX