Title :
Farewell to Fortran
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE