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Fortran

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Summary

Fortran is a programming language[1]. Fortran ranks in the top 0.67% of programming language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,410 views/month, #5 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: Speedcoding[3]
  • Instance of: structured programming language[4], imperative programming language[5], procedural programming language[6], object-based language[7], generic programming language[8], array programming language[9]
  • Developer: IBM[10], John Backus[11]
  • Designed by: John Backus[12]
  • Software version identifier: Fortran 2023[13]
  • Has use: computer programming[14], creating[15], analysis[16]
  • Commons category: Fortran[17]
  • Inception: 1957[18]
  • Has edition or translation: FORTRAN for the IBM 704[19], FORTRAN II[20], FORTRAN III[21], FORTRAN IV[22], FORTRAN 66[23], FORTRAN 77[24], Fortran 90[25], Fortran 95[26], Fortran 2003[27], Fortran 2008[28], Fortran 2018[29], Fortran 2023[30]
  • Official website: https://fortran-lang.org[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fortran[32]
  • Described at URL: https://tapor.ca/tools/484[33], https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/piir0h[34]
  • File extension: f[35], for[36], f90[37]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/fortran-lang[38]
  • Described by source: ISO/IEC 1539[39]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/fortran[40]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_aab6a0cc_2fbd_43ac_ac5a_b7b7b75331dc[41]
  • Name in kana: フォートラン[42]
  • Programming paradigm: structured programming[43], object-oriented programming[44], procedural programming[45], generic programming[46], imperative programming[47], array programming[48]
  • Derivative work: FORMAC[49], SLIP[50], Ratfor[51]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[52]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Fortran include 9548 Fortran[53].

Why It Matters

Fortran has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Fortran is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Fortran has been cited as an influence by Julia[56], an object-based language[57], founded in 2009[58]; PL/I[59], a programming language[60], founded in 1964[61]; ALGOL[62], a programming language[63], founded in 1959[64]; MUMPS[65], a programming language[66], founded in 1966[67]; Wolfram Language[68], a programming language[69], founded in 1988[70]; and ALGOL 58[71], a programming language[72].

Entities named for Fortran include 9548 Fortran[53].

FAQs

Who did Fortran influence?

Fortran has been cited as an influence by Julia[56], PL/I[59], ALGOL[62], and MUMPS[65].

Related Entities

25 de Novembro Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems ALGOL ALGOL 58 A Literatura Cibernética 1: Autopoemas Gerados por Computador A Literatura Cibernética 2: Um Sintetizador de Narrativas ALTRAN Analysis array programming language Aveiro Camões e as Voltas que o Computador (lhe) Dá Cantera CGOL coarray Fortran computer programming Cray Time Sharing System DAP FORTRAN David Sayre DIBOL DOPE EAS3 EISPACK Elmer FEM solver EOS É Preciso Dizer... Era Uma Vez... Fábulas FORMAC generic programming language GNU Fortran

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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