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Fortran vs RStudio

A side-by-side look at Fortran and RStudio. 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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RStudio

RStudio

Development

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language. It provides tools for plotting, debugging, workspace management, and other features to make R easier to use.

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