The Fortran 2003 Handbook Smith, Brian T; Brainerd, Walter S; Hendrickson, Richard A ...
2009, 2008, 2008-09-30, 20080401
eBook
The Fortran 2003 Handbook is a definitive and comprehensive guide to Fortran 2003 and its use. Fortran 2003, the latest standard version of Fortran, has many excellent features that assist the ...programmer in writing efficient, portable and maintainable programs. This book is an informal description of Fortran 2003, developed to provide not only a readable explanation of features, but also some rationale for the inclusion of features and their use. Topics and features include: The syntactic features of the language are described completely in the appendices, Each chapter begins with a summary of the main terms and concepts described in the chapter, Each of the intrinsic procedures is described in detail, The complete syntax of Fortran 2003 is supplied, Contains a listing of the new and obsolescent features, Numerous examples are given. This handbook is intended for anyone who wants a comprehensive survey of Fortran 2003, including those familiar with programming language concepts but unfamiliar with Fortran.
Discussion of branton paper Adams, Jeanne C.
Proceedings of the eleventh annual SIGCPS computer personnel research conference,
06/1973
Conference Proceeding
We certainly need to talk about problems associated with the role of the operator in large scale, complex computer environments. The specialized role of operator has emerged as other roles have ...become similarly specialized in response to the increasing scale and complexity of computers themselves as well as the range and complexity of computational problems to be solved.
Mr. Branton's paper discusses the need for enhancing the professional requirements for operators suggesting that more complex decisions are required in the operation of large systems. He advocates the establishment of a complete career path within operations and favors elimination of the notion that advancement for operators can be available only through entering the programming group. His justification for more pay and more professional recognition for operators is that the operator's job requires more complex decisions than before and correspondingly more training in today's large computer system. As he describes it, "complex decisions" seem to boil down to scheduling and resource allocation.
Discussion of Jacobs paper Adams, Jeanne C.
Proceedings of the eleventh annual SIGCPS computer personnel research conference,
06/1973
Conference Proceeding
Odprti dostop
The field of computing has grown considerably in recent years and the tasks performed on computers encompass more and more variety in scientific, industrial and business applications. The programming ...task itself must be defined in very broad terms if one is to cover all the activities performed in all areas where computers are used today.
In his paper, Mr. Jacobs defines the programming task in very broad terms. He recognizes that current tests for personnel selection are not satisfactory and suggests that certain tests of cognitive capabilities might prove better instruments for recognizing potential programming skills. However, the predictor variables did not correlate significantly with the criterion variable, success in programming training, and his hypotheses were not supported.
In response to comments received from public review of the first draft proposed Fortran standard (X3J3/S8.104), a number of changes have been made and a revised draft proposed standard (X3J3/S8.112) ...has now been released for further public review. The following outline summarizes the technical changes that were made on the basis of the first review. A rationale for the major changes is also presented.
X3J3 (the Technical Committee responsible for developing Fortran standards under procedures of the American National Standards Institute) is now in the process of a major evaluation of its work since ...1978. Such an evaluation is required by ANSI procedures: specifically, the Technical Committee is required to reach consensus on a draft proposed revision. In effect, the Committee members must agree that, on the whole, the current draft is the best proposal it can produce, given all of the diverse constraints that must be satisfied.
