Fortran is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. It is a popular language for high-performance computing and is used for programs that benchmark and rank the world's fastest supercomputers. Fortran has been in continuous use since its creation in the 1950s and remains popular in many scientific and engineering communities. It is the language of choice for many numerical weather prediction systems and is widely used in the aerospace industry.
Fortran is also used in a wide range of other applications, including finance, engineering, and bioinformatics. It is the language of choice for many scientific software packages, including MATLAB, Maple, and Mathematica. It is also used in many commercial software packages, such as Abaqus, ANSYS, and COMSOL.
Some companies in the Fortran market include IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and The Portland Group. Show Less Read more
