• DocumentCode
    1033907
  • Title

    Farewell to Fortran

  • Author

    Blinn, James F.

  • Author_Institution
    California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    89
  • Abstract
    The author discusses his experience in converting to C++ programming from Fortran programming. He considers the two advantages of the C language over Fortran: pointers and recursion, and then goes on to review the many advantages of C++ over Fortran.<>
  • Keywords
    C language; FORTRAN; object-oriented languages; object-oriented programming; C language; C++; Fortran; object oriented programming; pointers; programming; recursion; Books; Computer bugs; Computer languages; High level languages; Instruments; Numerical analysis; Program processors; User-generated content; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet transforms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/38.267480
  • Filename
    267480
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1033907