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Fortran vs FreeBASIC

A side-by-side look at Fortran and FreeBASIC. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Fortran

Fortran

Development

Fortran is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over half a century.

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FreeBASIC

FreeBASIC

Development

FreeBASIC is an open-source, free BASIC compiler for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is compatible with QBasic/QuickBASIC and allows developers to easily create console, graphical GUI, and web applications. FreeBASIC supports modern features like object-oriented programming.

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