The best Fortran Programming books: Reddit reviews

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> professional climate deniers

Koonin does not deny that the climate is warming, or that humans play a role in it.

Calling him a "professional climate denier" is rather disingenuous, especially if you have not read what he has to say, in depth.

Since you responded though, why would you not want to learn more about the topic, especially from a renown scientist who literally wrote the book on theoretical computer modeling of physical systems (like climate)?

First of all, I don't understand why universities are still teaching beginner courses in computational physics using Fortran. Students shouldn't have to learn an outdated language just to learn about the numerical concepts. I would always choose Python because there is a good chance that students already have some familiarity with it.

Unfortunately there are not a lot of good computational physics books using Fortran out there. The only one I can think of is Computational Physics by Steven Koonin https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computational-Physics-Fortran-Steven-Koonin-ebook/dp/B07B9YXMZ8

If you want to stick to Python, I suggest the book by Landau et al, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computational-Physics-Problem-Solving-Python-ebook/dp/B011G2FD2A/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=computational+physics&qid=1621760803&sprefix=computational+phy&sr=8-4

That being said, there is also a Fortran version of the Numerical Recipes book, but I don't find that ideal for learning the subject. It's more useful as a compendium of algorithms.

Modern Fortran Explained

Modern Fortran in Practice

The first question I have is "why FORTRAN?" The second question I have is "which FORTRAN?"

My first question might seem a little glib, but I mean it earnestly. FORTRAN isn't a terribly great general-purpose programming language. If you are in the market for a strongly typed, array-oriented language, you can't really beat it. If you need anything else, I recommend looking elsewhere. My second question may be more important than the first: there is a near universe of difference between FORTRAN77 and "modern" FORTRAN (e.g., FORTRAN95). If you are in the physical sciences, there is a lot of old F77 lying around that is miserable, unbearable, soul-crushingly awful code. Try to stay away from F77 if at all possible. FORTRAN95 is a good place to start for a "modern" approach to the language. It adds a few extra nice items to FORTRAN90 and things added in FORTRAN2003/2008/2015 aren't terribly well supported (gfortran has a complete 2003 implementation, but I imagine the PGI compiler is likely the only 2008 feature-complete one) and aren't really necessary for getting your feet wet (it's mostly adding extra OOP and parallel stuff).

I found Modern FORTRAN Explained to be a nice read both in terms of its historical outline and its careful discussion of the key features of the modernization of the language.

You still can't use this run N64 emulation utilizing multiple PI cpu's at the same time.

And a google says you are full of shit.

I work in HPC. I know what clusters can and can't do. This is on the CAN'T list.

That RPi cluster github you sent me has some monte carlo tests and a few other things for building KVM based butts and stuff but none of it lets you 'cluster' an emulator.

EDIT: GOOD ONE /u/gorrorfolk you deleted your post claiming I was wrong.

Seems you were full of shit..

The clustering link you posted was for this book

http://www.amazon.com.au/Raspberry-Super-Cluster-Andrew-Dennis-ebook/dp/B00GTE1RXA

You stooge!