What's New

The table below lists updates and modifications to the information provided at this WWW site.

Modification Date
The Dec Visual NT v6.5 compiler improves on previous benckmarks in the evaluation section. 10/31/2000
A new gotcha on generic functions has been added to the Gotcha section. 10/26/1999
Added a paper on how to model C++ constructs in Fortran 90 to the documents section. 08/03/1999
Updated performance studies with abstract data types. 07/13/1999
Added a paper on how to support inheritance and run-time polymorphism in Fortran 90 to the documents section. 07/02/1999
Additional benchmarks have been added to the evaluation section. 2/16/1999
The Lahey F95 v5.0 compiler improves on previous benckmarks in the evaluation section. 2/11/1999
Suprising Fortran 90 debugging experiences are illustrated here. 2/02/1999
The Absoft Mac Fortran 90 compiler version 2.1 improves on previous benckmarks in the evaluation section. 1/27/1999
The Lahey Fortran 90 compiler version 4.5 improves on previous benckmarks in the evaluation section. 1/20/1999
Introductory Fortran 90 examples, written by high School students, have been added "A Scientific Visualization Exhibit". 1/12/1999
The HP Fortran 90 compiler version 2.0 improves dramatically on the benckmarks in the evaluation section. 1/5/1999
Additional papers on advanced topics have been published in the documents section. 12/21/1998
The SGI Fortran 90 compiler version 7.2 improves dramatically on the benckmarks in the evaluation section. 7/28/1998
Performance studies with abstract data types has been added. 5/14/1998
The Portland Group HPF compiler is added to the evaluation section. 2/17/1998
The examples section was divided into Basic Examples and Advaned Examples. The advanced section also includes an example of how to model a parallel stopwatch. 12/02/1997
An expression tree example was added to the advanced examples section. 11/25/1997
The HP Fortran 90 compiler and Absoft Linux compilers are added to the evaluation section. 10/14/1997
The NAG Fortran 90 compiler is added to the evaluation section. 09/30/1997
The Absoft Fortran 90 NT and Lahey compilers are added to the evaluation section. 09/15/1997
Parallel performance data for a 3D code using the KAI C++ compiler in comparison to Fortran 77 and Fortran 90 on the Cornell SP. 08/20/1997
The Absoft Fortran 90 compiler is added to the evaluation section. 07/28/1997
In the basic examples and advanced examples section, minor bug fixes and/or modifications were applied to the Zoo Animal Class, String Class, List Class, Species Class, Database Application, String Iterator Class, Complex Array Class, Complex Subtype Class, and the Fisher and Mitchell F90 examples. 07/08/1997
The Cray T3E and SGI Fortran 90 compilers are added to the evaluation section. 06/24/1997
Recognizing the achievements of vendors producing good compilers with: The Fortran 90 "Most Bug-Free Compiler" Awards! 06/03/1997
In the advanced examples section, bug fixes were applied to the Database Application. 05/15/1997
A Compiler Function Benchmarks section has been added to address the correctness of vendor compilers when used in modeling obejct-oriented functionality. 05/15/1997
The presentation notes from the 8th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing "High Performance Object-Oriented Scientific Programming in Fortran 90" are now available. 04/30/1997
Fujitsu Compiler added to list of available Fortran 90 compilers. 04/07/1997
Added new references and modified the database application example in the advanced examples section. 02/18/1997
A short summary paper to appear in ACM Fortran Forum (April 1997) has been included "Expressing Object-Oriented Concepts in Fortran 90" 02/18/1997
Parallel performance data for a three-dimensional code in Fortran 77, Fortran 90, and C++ has been included. 01/27/1997
The presentation notes for EPFL in Laussane, Switzerland, based on the talk "Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts Using Fortran 90" have been updated. 01/07/1997
The paper, "Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts Using Fortran 90" is now available. 12/27/1996
Advanced Example programs extended to illustrate how run-time polymorphism can be supported using a dynamic dispatching approach. 12/21/1996
Hewlett Packard Fortran 90 Compiler announced. All examples in these pages have been tested with this compiler. 11/11/1996
Additional Fortran 90 course information, that includes separate discussions on support for object-oriented programming, is added to the on-line courses section. 10/28/1996
Cornell Theory Center course called Fortran 90 Essentials is added to the on-line courses section. 10/23/1996
Example programs extended and verified on the DEC station 250 with the DEC Fortran 90 compiler. 10/21/1996
Example programs extended and verified on the Cray C90 with the Cray Fortran 90 compiler. 10/14/1996