> paul.richard.thomas@gmail.com writes:
>

>> The wikipedia page for fortran has good references, including what
>> I
>> suspect would be the majority vote - Metcalfe, Reid and Cohen.

>
> No doubt MR&C is the definitive book on the subject, but I'm not
> sure
> it's the one I would choose for updating one's knowledge from
> Fortran IV
> to Fortran 2003 (IMHO, it's written for a pretty advanced audience).
> OTOH, I don't know a better alternative that's still in print.
>
> I find it useful to have both the F90/95 and F95/2003 editions of
> M&R/MR&C handy as there are enough differences between compilers in
> terms of which of the '2003 features are supported that sometimes
> it's
> useful to write in a strictly conforming dialect of one of the older
> standards.
>
> For the language lawyer in me, I like Luc Chamberland's "Fortran 90,
> A
> Reference Guide" (out of print, I believe). This books is fun: the
> F90
> language elements are printed in blue so if you want strictly
> conforming
> F77 you only use the bits that are printed in black.

>
> Chip
>
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