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Fortran vs Rosetta Code

A side-by-side look at Fortran and Rosetta Code. 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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Rosetta Code

Rosetta Code

Development

Rosetta Code is a programming chrestomathy website which aims to present solutions to the same task in different programming languages. It demonstrates various languages' features, and how the same algorithm can be implemented in different ways.

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