Fortran (/ ˈfɔːrtræn /; formerly FORTRAN) is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing. Fortran was originally …

Fortran is mostly used in domains that adopted computation early–science and engineering. These include numerical weather and ocean prediction, computational fluid dynamics, applied math, …

Fortran was originally developed by a team at IBM in 1957 for scientific calculations. Later developments made it into a high level programming language. In this tutorial, we will learn the basic concepts of …

Course Outline Preface What is Fortran? Fortran basics How to use Fortran on the Unix computers at Stanford Variables, types, and declarations Expressions and assignment Logical expressions The if …

Aug 4, 2025 · Originally known as FORTRAN, but written in lower case since the 1990s with Fortran 90, this language was developed initially by John Backus as a way to make writing programs for the IBM …

Fortran was born of necessity in the early 1950s, when computer programs were hand-coded. Programmers would laboriously write out rows of zeros and ones in precise order. John Backus, …

How to Use these ResourcesThe resources below offer tutorials and references for learning modern Fortran programming and using in different computing contexts. Most target computational scientists …

Try the quickstart Fortran tutorial, to get an overview of the language syntax and capabilities.

About FORTRAN Tutorial What this course is for This FORTRAN study guide is a "hands on" introduction to programming using FORTRAN. The emphasis in this course is to learn how to …

Fortran is a language used extensively in the scientific community due to its suitability for numerical computation. Particularly attractive is its intuitive array notation, which makes writing fast vectorised …