From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Fri Mar 25 14:29:25 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 43EDBC178DC; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:29:25 +0100 (CET) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org X-Greylist: delayed 720 seconds by postgrey-1.18 at www2.open-std.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:29:24 CET Received: from smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net (smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net [88.44.63.5]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C874C178DA for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:29:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from out.alice-dsl.de ([192.168.125.59]) by smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:17:23 +0100 Received: from MichaelPC ([92.225.27.133]) by out.alice-dsl.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:17:20 +0100 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Michael Metcalf" From: "Michael Metcalf" To: "sc22wg5@dkuug.dk" Subject: Announcing "Modern Fortran Explained" Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:17:12 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18263 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Mar 2011 13:17:21.0016 (UTC) FILETIME=[F8F5B780:01CBEAEE] Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk Announcing "Modern Fortran Explained", Metcalf, Reid & Cohen (OUP, April 2011). Fortran remains one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2008 - includes many modern features, such as object orientation, coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C, and various other enhancements. "Modern Fortran Explained" (MFE) expands on its predecessor, "Fortran 95/2003 Explained" (MRC). The opening chapters, completely revised, contain a complete description of Fortran 95, extended by the allocatable array features of Fortran 2003. There follow chapters describing the other additional features of Fortran 2003, then new chapters on coarrays and the many other enhancements of Fortran 2008. The distinction between the three language levels is kept clear throughout. Written by leading experts in the field, two of whom have actively contributed to Fortran 2008, this is a complete and authoritative description of Fortran in its modern form. It is intended for new and existing users of the language, and for all those involved in scientific and numerical computing. It is suitable as a textbook for teaching and, with its extensive Appendices and Index, as a handy reference for practitioners. For more details see, for example: www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ComputerScience/ProgrammingLanguageTheory/?view=usa&ci=9780199601424 (to be published in April) or http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199601424.do (already available) or the usual sites. Michael Metcalf, John Reid, Malcolm Cohen,