Classical Fortran : programming for engineering and scientific applications /: programming for engineering and scientific applications. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Michael Kupferschmid.
• Other Names: Kupferschmid, Michael
• Contents: PREFACE; ; INTRODUCTION; Why Study Programming?; The Evolution of FORTRAN; Why Study FORTRAN?; Classical FORTRAN; About This Book; . Motivation; . Audience; . Organization; . Pedagogical Approach; . Typographical Conventions; . Computing Environment Dependencies; Advice to Instructors; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Disclaimers; Exercises; ; HELLO, WORLD!; Case Study: A First FORTRAN Program; Compiling the Program; Running a Program in Unix; Omissions; Exercises; ; EXPRESSIONS AND ASSIGNMENT STATEMENTS; Constants; Variables and Variable Names; Arithmetic Operators; Function References; Expressions; Assignment Statements; READ and PRINT; Omissions; Exercises; ; CONDITIONALS AND BRANCHING; Flowcharting; The GO TO Statement; The IF-THEN Statement; The Logical IF Statement; Flowcharting Reconsidered; Additional Examples; Omissions; Exercises; ; SCALAR DATA TYPES; Integers; Reals; Roundoff Errors; Type Conversions; Case Study: Computing the Sine; Other Data Types; . Complex Numbers; . Logicals; . Bits, and Hexadecimal Numbers; Some Special Values; Architectural Variations; Omissions; Exercises; ; ARRAYS AND DO LOOPS; Vectors; The DO Loop; Matrices; The Rules of DO Loops; Array Dimensioning; Case Study: Matrix Multiplication; Omissions; Exercises; ; SUBPROGRAMS; SUBROUTINE Subprograms; Call by Reference; FUNCTION Subprograms; Case Study: Bisection; Detecting First Entry; FORTRAN, System, and Library Routines; . FORTRAN Built-In Functions; . Unix System Routines; . Subprogram Libraries; Conclusion and Omissions; Exercises; ; ADJUSTABLE DIMENSIONS AND EXTERNAL; Adjustable Dimensions; . Assumed-Size Arrays; . Passing Leading Dimensions; EXTERNAL; . Fixed Subprogram Names; . Passing Subprogram Names; Summary and Omissions; Exercises; ; COMMON; Passing Data Through; Passing Data Around; Alignment; . Alignment by Order; . Alignment in Memory; Formal Parameters and COMMON; Arrays in COMMON; BLOCK DATA; Omissions; Exercises; ; INPUT AND OUTPUT; READ and WRITE; . FORMAT Statements; . Cursor Control; . End-of-File and Error Conditions; Case Study: Descriptive Statistics; Implied DO Loops; Unit Assignments; . Interactive Programs; . Attaching Files with GETFIL; . Batch Programs; The Case Study Revisited; Positioning in Files; Unformatted I/O; Cautions and Omissions; Exercises; ; CHARACTER VARIABLES; How Characters Are Stored; Writing Out and Reading In CHARACTER Variables; Editing Character Strings; Object-Time FORMATs; Case Study: QUERY; CHARACTER Variables in Other Contexts; . Reading From and Writing to CHARACTER Variables; . Using CHARACTER Variables in OPEN; . CHARACTER Functions; Character Graphics; . X-Y Plots; . Contour Plots; Omissions; Exercises; ; MEMORY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; Passing Array Columns; Partitioning Workspace; Sharing Workspace; Sharing Constant Data; Storing a Symmetric Matrix; Sparse Matrix Techniques; . Fixed Pattern; . Varying Pattern; Linked Lists; Omissions and Caveats; Exercises; ; DESIGN, DOCUMENTATION, AND CODING STYLE; The Craft of Programming; Design; . User Interface Design; . Program Design; Documentation; . External Documentation; . Internal Documentation; Coding Style; . Cognitive Complexity; . Names; . Branching Logic; . Exposition; . Typography; . Refining the Comments; Hand-Checking; Testing, Revision, and Maintenance; . Testing; . Revision and Maintenance; Conclusion and Omissions; Exercises; ; ARCHAIC, UNUSUAL, AND DANGEROUS USAGES; Source Form; . Sequence Numbers; . Dead Code; . Free-Form Source; . INCLUDE Files; . The PROGRAM Statement; . No STOP Statement; . Star and Blank Comments; . Other Continuation Characters; Expressions and Assignment Statements; . Precedence Dependencies; . Long Names; Conditionals and Transfer of Control; . ELSE IF; . The Arithmetic IF; . The Computed GO TO; . Free Loops; Scalar Data Types; . Mixed Mode; . Generic Functions; . IMPLICIT; . IMPLICIT NONE; . Other Data Types; . Other Forms of Type Declaration; . Abuses of EQUIVALENCE; Arrays and DO Loops; . The DIMENSION Statement; . Abuses of DO Loops; . Abuses of CONTINUE; . DO WHILE; Subprograms; . Alternate RETURNs; . ENTRY; . Abuses of Subprogram Arguments; . Call by Value; . Functions Without Arguments; . Statement Functions; . Archaic Names for Built-In Functions; Adjustable Dimensions and EXTERNAL; . Arrays Dimensioned (1); . Overuse of EXTERNAL; COMMON; . Indiscriminate Use of COMMON; . Extending COMMON by EQUIVALENCE; . References Past the End of an Array; . Blank COMMON; . Arrays Dimensioned in COMMON Statements; Input and Output; . Carriage Control; . Scale Factors; . Hollerith Strings in FORMATs; . Printing Leading Zeros; . Formatted READs; . Direct-Access I/O; . NAMELIST; Character Variables; . Characters in Variables of Other Types; . Arithmetic With Characters; . Substrings, Concatenation, and Character Built-Ins; Case Study: A Legacy Code; . Source Listing; . Observations; . Cleaning Up the Mess; Conclusion and Omissions; Exercises; ; UNIX ISSUES; Using the Compiler; . Naming the Executable File; . Checking Array Subscripts; . Other Compiler Options; Operating System Services; . Current Date and Time; . I/O Units and Files; . Shell Variables; . Command Line Arguments; . Issuing Unix Commands; . Setting a Return Code; Debugging and dbx; . Compile-Time Errors; . Run-Time Errors; . Debugging with Output Statements; . Vanishing Bugs; . The dbx Debugger; Automatic Compilation with make; . Incremental Recompilation; . Deciding Which Routines to Recompile; Libraries; . Using Libraries; . Building Libraries; Writing Custom Manual Pages; . How the man Command Works; . Your man Directory; . The Page Template; . A Typical Page Definition; . Processing the Page Definition; . How man Finds Your Custom Pages; . Printing man Pages; Omissions; Exercises; ; MEASURING AND MAXIMIZING SERIAL EXECUTION SPEED; Measuring Serial Execution Speed; . The Unix time Command; . Statistical Profiling with prof; . System Subprograms for Measuring CPU Time; . Direct Profiling with TIMER; . Operation Counting; Tuning FORTRAN Source Code; . Algorithm Implementation Details; . Variable Typing and Initialization; . Arithmetic Expressions; . Exponentiation; . Conditionals; . Loops and Indices; . Memory Reference Patterns and Stride; . I/O Considerations; . Subprograms; . COMMON; . Summary; Omissions; Exercises; ; VECTOR AND PARALLEL PROCESSING; Vector Processing
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (760 pages)
• Subjects: 005.133; FORTRAN (Computer program language); Engineering -- Data processing; Science -- Data processing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482216899; 1482216892
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