what's your take on this would a advice a beginner to start with fortran programming and your reasons pls and if you u have access to any online material it would be appreciated!

i would need u to help me with wat they do with fortran..why dont u start with c# that is easy and robust..u can download materials from 4shear.com after registration

I used to think that fortran was old and cant be used for anything useful other than writing syntax to solve quadratic equations until i was told that my schools' website was basically fortran and vb.

I never learnt fortran though, its one of the old langauges and its still being thought @ all levels in nigerian schools.

i'll suggest java though, easy to learn and work with. The fact that it is object oriented and platform independent makes it cool.

I stand to be corrected though.

Frm wat i learnt i discovered dat most public tertiary institutions still teach fortran! Just want to knw how efficient the fortran would b for their future use!

DexxyAlebs: Frm wat i learnt i discovered dat most public tertiary institutions still teach fortran! Just want to knw how efficient the fortran would b for their future use!

does fortran have a future in the progamming world..suit ur self

@op i don't think fortran is still useful, it is an old and obsolete program. I still wonder why our tertiary institutions still teach it anyway.

tessyade: @op i don't think fortran is still useful, it is an old and obsolete program. I still wonder why our tertiary institutions still teach it anyway.

My guess; the lecturers too lazy to upgrade themselves!

What do one need with fortran?just learn java or c# to get the gist of programing.from that platform one can possibly determine whether
he wants to do programing for commercial or academic purpose.

From what i Gathered today i was told dat fortran is only used as a foundation for students in their intro to computer sci cmp/csc 102, that they would be taught c++ by 200 lvl

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