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Fortran 90
Introduction
1. What is Fortran 90?
2. Syntax Improvements
   2.1 Fortran 77 Extensions
   2.2 Attributes
3. Array Features
   3.1 Elemental Operations
   3.2 Array Sections and Constructors
   3.3 Allocatable Arrays
4. Automatic Arrays
   4.1 Declaring Dummy Arguments
5. Interface Block
   5.1 Interface Block Example
   5.2 Module and Use Statements
6. Array Inquiry Functions
   6.1 Example
   6.2 Array Transformation Functions
   6.3 Reduction Operations
   6.4 WHERE
   6.5 Vector Subscripts
7. INTENT Attributes
   7.1 Keyword and Optional Arguments
   7.2 Derived Types
8. HPF and Fortran 90
   8.1 Fortran 90, not HPF
   8.2 Fortran 90 and MPI-2
References
Quiz
Evaluation
Questions?
Introduction
Fortran 90 is an international standard language evolved from FORTRAN 77. In addition to all of FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90 contains a number of new features intended to make programs easier to write, with an obvious view to execution on parallel machines. In particular, Fortran 90 in its entirety has been incorporated into the High Performance Fortran (HPF) specification.

As a modern computing language, Fortran 90 is perhaps best known for its convenient, high-level syntax for manipulating arrays. But in fact, as we will see, it is even possible to develop a fairly elegant object-oriented programming style using Fortran 90.

Prerequisites:
This module assumes basic Fortran programming skills.

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