Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 26 September 1996

Foil 17 Important Features of Fortran90

From HPCC Software Technologies Fall 96 -- Overview and HPF Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- 26 September 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Arrays are very well supported with memory allocation and set of intrinsics, better passing to procedures etc.
  • This is key capability for HPF
Derived Types allow general object structure (without inheritance) in F90
  • Pointers
  • This area NOT well supported by HPF Compilers as of Summer 1996
Modules replace COMMON INCLUDE etc.
Procedures (functions,subroutines) allow better interfaces, recursion, optional parameters etc.
Better Syntax with free form, more loop control etc.

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