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Foil 3 A Brief Description of Fortran 90 History

From New CPS615 Foils-- 28 August 95 CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 95. by Nancy McCracken and Geoffrey C. Fox


Designed by X3J3 Standards committee between 1979 and 1991. The committee was part of the International Standards Organization and is also accredited by ANSI, the American National Standards Institute. In 1991, the committee had 46 members:
  • universities 5
  • user groups 6
  • international groups 7
  • government organizations 6
  • vendors 22



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