Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Fortran 90 information wanted Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 18:45:09 GMT References: <1991Mar7.142706.16161@ugle.unit.no> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 64 In-reply-to: knutta@lise.unit.no's message of 7 Mar 91 14:27:06 GMT In article <1991Mar7.142706.16161@ugle.unit.no> knutta@lise.unit.no (Knut Alfredsen) writes: - What are the new concepts of the language ? Language evolution. Abstract data types. Operator Overloading. Keyword argument passing. Internal Subroutines. Modules. Array operators. Misc. new bulit in functions and improved control structures. Non-advancing I/O, namelist. New source form, ! comments, etc. - Are there any compilers out yet (with F90 capabilities) ? Depends on how choosy you are. Marketing hype aside, the important new features have yet to show up in droves yet. - Is the ISO/ANSI standard ready, and if so where can I get it ? Finishing touches on the ISO DIS are being made. The work was done by X3J3, but ANSI procedures being what they are ISO may be able to get the document out first. - Are there any mailing lists available for programmers interested in F90 ? This one. X3J3 and WG5 have lists for committee work. Don't sign up unless you are prepared for work ;> I recommend you get a copy of Fortran 90 Explained Metcalf and Reid, Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0 19 853772 7 It seems designed for experienced FORTRAN 77 programmers. There is also a textbook by Walt Brainard, et al. which is probably to be preferred for novices just learning programming. I have loaned my copy out, so I'm missing the ISBN just now. You can contact wsb@eng.sun.com for more information. Miles Ellis's new edition of his worthy FORTRAN 77 textbook has a section on Fortran 90. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043