A guide to Fortran IV programming

This new edition of a popular bestseller contains material on operating systems (both batch and time-sharing), validation of input, object-program efficiency, and writing programs for comprehension and ease of checkout. It emphasizes the advantages of WATFOR and WATFIV and includes their error messages. There are many more exercises – 35 pages in all – plus applications in the exercises and case studies on statistics and business administration as well as science, engineering, and mathematics. The book follows The American National Standard on flowchart notation and the Fortran language. It also covers many valuable Fortran extensions. The index is easy to use and the reference provides an abundance of material for the reader.