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Fortran vs SQL Data Dictionary

A side-by-side look at Fortran and SQL Data Dictionary. 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.

numeric-computingscientific-computingcompiledimperative
SQL Data Dictionary

SQL Data Dictionary

Development

A SQL data dictionary is a centralized repository of information about a database's schema. It documents tables, columns, data types, indexes, keys, views, stored procedures, and other database objects.

databaseschemametadatadocumentation