i need help with fortran can anyone help

Hi Olufrost,what exactly do you want to know in fortran 77 , its kind of outdated,or is it what they show teach u guys in sch?

its fortran 77 and yes its what we are taught in schl, i share ur view that it is outdated but CGPA is the issue in the case.
what i need to know is that when i type and save the code on the blue screen, what next.

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Hi Olufrost,what exactly do you want to know in fortran 77 , its kind of outdated,or is it what they show teach u guys in sch?

Not true. It's not outdated; although the version matters. (FORTRAN 77 is old sha compared to FORTRAN 90 and FORTRAN 2003). It actually depends on what you want to do with it. There is Object-Oriented FORTRAN programming that is as effective and efficient as VB, C++ and other OO programming languages.

olufrost:

its fortran 77 and yes its what we are taught in schl, i share your view that it is outdated but CGPA is the issue in the case.
what i need to know is that when i type and save the code on the blue screen, what next.

You compile and run dats all.

FORTRAN IS a must if:
1. You want to do something in Numerical Methods.
2. Engineering Simulation.
3. Engineer/Scientist.

None of the new generation progs will be able to beat FORTRAN in these aspects. You can also write Object-Oriented codes using FORTRAN but the OO methods aere less automated in FORTRAN.

thanks for the replies, how do i compile the program

olufrost:

thanks for the replies, how do i compile the program

The compiling command depends on the type of compiler u are using. U can find out from the vendor you bought the compiler from; he may be able to tell you, except if he's not a genuine software vendor. Cheers!!

If you are REALLY interested in FORTRAN, then:
1. Get a good compiler: I use the free GNU on Linux which is f77; there should be visual compilers on Windows as well, but I cant help you with that.
2. If you want to use f77 under linux here is the way to compile:
f77 -c your_file.for OR f77 -c your_file.f
Thats it.
The rest of the instruction depends on WHAT exactly you want to do.

Waa1972, why are u still using FORTRAN 77?? Try using[b] FORTRAN 90 [/b] or FORTRAN 95 and see the difference.

ishmael: The job is to compile FORTRAN (on Linux). f77 compiles and links fine. I dont need more. Besides, I dont think f90/95 are free under GNU yet.
Anyway, we both end up at the same point.
The most important thing is to concentrate on how to write good numerical methods/simulation codes in FORTRAN!

Yeah man, that's it o. I love writing my numerical analysis and statistical analysis programs using FORTRAN. Infact the FORTRAN i did in school then was FORTRAN 77, and even as i'm talking now i still write some of my FORTRAN codes using FORTRAN 77; but i just feel guys should move ahead to OO FORTRAN using FORTRAN 2003. Have you laid your hands on FORTRAN 2003 compiler? Guys need it o; how you see am??