(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4419) Announcing "Modern Fortran Explained"

[Michael Metcalf]

Announcing "Modern Fortran Explained", Metcalf, Reid & Cohen (OUP, April
2011).

Fortran remains one of the principal programming languages used in
high-performance
scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant
revisions
to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced
its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2008 - includes many
modern
features, such as object orientation, coarrays for parallel programming,
interoperability with C, and various other enhancements.

"Modern Fortran Explained" (MFE) expands on its predecessor, "Fortran
95/2003 Explained" (MRC). The opening chapters, completely revised, contain 
a
complete description of Fortran 95, extended by the allocatable
array features of Fortran 2003. There follow chapters describing the other
additional features of Fortran 2003, then new chapters on coarrays and the
many other enhancements of Fortran 2008. The distinction between the three
language levels is kept clear throughout.

Written by leading experts in the field, two of whom have actively
contributed to Fortran 2008, this is a complete and authoritative
description of
Fortran in its modern form. It is intended for new and existing users of the
language, and for all those involved in scientific and numerical computing.
It is suitable as a textbook for teaching and, with its extensive Appendices
and Index, as a handy reference for practitioners.

For more details see, for example:

www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ComputerScience/ProgrammingLanguageTheory/?view=usa&ci=9780199601424

(to be published in April)

or

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199601424.do

(already available)

or the usual sites.

Michael Metcalf, John Reid, Malcolm Cohen,