Fortran techniques with special reference to non-numerical applications

This book is a practical description of many of the commonly used programming techniques required in both numerical and non-numerical applications of Fortran. It is written for non-specialist users who have already completed a course in basic Fortran programming, but who may have only a minimum knowledge of mathematics.

Although Fortran is the most widely used and most compatible programming language for research applications, many of the techniques described by Dr Day are hard to find in the literature. Books on basic Fortran abound and the theory of the techniques is to be found in specialised texts for computer scientists; very few users' manuals exist, particularly on the increasingly important non-numerical techniques with which Dr Day's book is largely concerned. It therefore fills a serious gap in the literature.