The sections in this chapter:

• List known Compaq Fortran documentation corrections ( Section 3.1)
• Describe Compaq Fortran documentation and online information ( Section 3.2)
• Describe the main Compaq Parallel Software Environment documents ( Section 3.3)
• List other sources of information about Fortran 95/90 ( Section 3.4)

The Compaq Fortran Web page provides a wealth of information about Compaq Fortran products, including patch kits:

http://www.compaq.com/fortran

3.1 Compaq Fortran Documentation Corrections

This section contains information that does not appear in the Compaq Fortran documentation. Included in each description is a notation of the first version to which it applies.

3.1.1 Compaq Fortran Installation Guide for Tru64 UNIX Systems

The following corrections apply to the installation guide, order number AA-PW82F-TE (December 1999 on the inside title page):

• No known corrections.

The following known correction applies to this user manual, order number AA-Q66TD-TE (December 1999 on the inside title page):

• The user manual documents the -ccdefault option, which will be implemented after Version 5.3.

There are no known corrections to the Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual, order number AA-Q66SD-TK (September 1999 on the inside title page).

For a description of language features added since Version 4.1, see Section 1.5, Section 1.9, and Section 1.10. These additions have been added to the online documentation CD-ROM HTML version of this document.

3.2 Compaq Fortran Documentation and Online Information

The Compaq Fortran documentation set includes the following:

• Compaq Fortran Installation Guide for Tru64 UNIX Systems (AA-PW82F-TE)
  Explains how to install Compaq Fortran (Compaq Fortran and Compaq Fortran 77) on a Compaq Tru64 UNIX Alpha system, including requirements.
  The installation guide is included with the Compaq Fortran (95/90) document kit, QA-MV2AA-GZ.5.n and the Compaq Fortran 77 kit, QA-MV2AB-GZ.5.n. It is also included in ASCII and PostScript® form on the Software Product Library CD-ROM (media CD-ROM) and is on the Online Documentation Library CD-ROM in HTML form.

• Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual (AA-Q66SD-TK)
  Describes the Compaq Fortran source language for reference purposes, including the format and use of statements, intrinsic procedures, and other language elements. It also provides an overview of new Fortran 95/90 features (not available in FORTRAN-77).
  It identifies extensions to the Fortran 95 standard by blue-green color in the printed and HTML forms of this document.
  The Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual is included with the Compaq Fortran (95/90) document kit, QA-MV2AA-GZ and is available on the Online Documentation Library CD-ROM in HTML form.
  The Compaq Fortran Language Reference Manual has been translated into Japanese and is available.

• Compaq Fortran User Manual for Tru64 UNIX and Linux Alpha Systems (AA-Q66TD-TE)
  Describes the Compaq Fortran program development and run-time environment on Compaq Tru64 UNIX Alpha systems. It describes compiling, linking, running, and debugging Compaq Fortran programs, performance guidelines, run-time I/O and error-handling support, data types, numeric data conversion, calling other procedures and library routines, and compatibility with Compaq Fortran 77. It provides information common to Compaq Fortran and the Compaq Parallel Software Environment as well as information about using directed parallel processing using OpenMP and Compaq Fortran directives.
  The printed version of this document is included with the Compaq Fortran (95/90) document kit, QA-MV2AA-GZ.5.n and is on the Online Documentation Library CD-ROM in HTML form.

• Read Before Installing or Using Compaq Fortran Version 5.n for Compaq Tru64 UNIX Systems (AV-PW83L-TE)
  This cover letter contains information about installing Compaq Fortran (Compaq Fortran and Compaq Fortran 77) that may not be included in the installation guide or in the release notes.
  This cover letter is included with the Compaq Fortran (95/90) document kit, QA-MV2AA-GZ.5.n, and the Compaq Fortran 77 kit, QA-MV2AB-GZ.5.n. It is also included on the Software Product Library CD-ROM (media CD-ROM) in ASCII and PostScript form.

The Compaq Fortran Software Product Description (SPD) is provided as a file on the Software Product Library CD-ROM (media CD-ROM).

The following Compaq Fortran online information is available (once installed on the system):

• Compaq Fortran online reference pages
  Describe the Compaq Fortran software components, including f90(1), fpr(1), fsplit(1), intro(3f), numerous Fortran library routines listed in intro(3f), and numerous parallel High Performance Fortran library routines listed in intro(3hpf).
• Compaq Fortran online release notes
  Provide more information on this version of Compaq Fortran, including known problems and a summary of the Compaq Fortran run-time error messages. These release notes are also provided on the Software Product Library CD-ROM (media CD-ROM).
  Once installed, the online release notes are located in:

  /usr/lib/cmplrs/fort90/relnotes90

  
  To view this file, use the more command (or view or similar command) on a system where Compaq Fortran is installed:

  % more /usr/lib/cmplrs/fort90/relnotes90

  
  To initiate a search within more , type a slash (/) followed by the appropriate topic. For information about using the more command, see more(1).

• Compaq Fortran online help file
  This ASCII file provides online access to Compaq Fortran information, which includes error message descriptions, a summary of the language elements (statements, intrinsic functions, and so on), a glossary, and other information. The Compaq Fortran help file is located in:

  /usr/lib/cmplrs/fort90/decfortran90.hlp

  
  Use the more command or the view command to access the information available in these ASCII files. These help files are large and are not usually printed on a printer or read sequentially.

The Compaq Fortran Installation Guide for Tru64 UNIX Systems, these online release notes, the "read first" cover letter, and the SPD are available on the Compaq Tru64 UNIX Software Product Library CD-ROM (media CD-ROM) in ASCII and PostScript format.

All Compaq Fortran documents except the cover letter, SPD, and these release notes are available on the Compaq Tru64 UNIX Online Documentation Library CD-ROM in HTML format.

3.3 Compaq Parallel Software Environment Documentation

The Compaq Parallel Software Environment product supports the parallel execution of Fortran (95/90) programs using High Performance Fortran constructs.

For information on the Compaq Parallel Software Environment product, see the Compaq Parallel Software Environment document kit, QA-2ATAA-GZ. This kit includes the DIGITAL High Performance Fortran 90 HPF and PSE Manual.

The DIGITAL High Performance Fortran 90 HPF and PSE Manual explains both the Parallel Software Environment (PSE) and the High Performance Fortran (HPF) programming language. It describes the installation, set up, administration, and general use of the PSE software, as well as hardware configuration for a parallel Alpha Farm. In addition, it also contains a tutorial describing how to write programs using the HPF extensions to Compaq Fortran and describes how to run, debug, and profile HPF programs in the PSE.

3.4 Other Sources of Information About Fortran 95/90

This section lists sources of information about Fortran 95/90 other than the Compaq Fortran documentation.

The following publication is the copywritten standard for Fortran 90 and 95:

• American National Standard Programming Language Fortran 90, ANSI X3.198-1991, and International Standards Organization Programming Language standard ISO/IEC 1539:1991. (Simply referred to in documentation as the "Fortran 90 Standard".)
• American National Standard Programming Language Fortran 95, X3J3/96-007, and International Standards Organization Programming Language standard ISO/IEC 1539-1:1996. (Simply referred to in documentation as the "Fortran 95 Standard".)

Tutorial information about the Fortran 95/90 language is available in commercially published documents at major book stores or from their publishers. Compaq Fortran documentation does not usually provide such tutorial information. The following commercially published documents (listed in alphabetical order by title) in English provide reference or tutorial information about Fortran 90:

• Fortran 90 Explained by M. Metcalf and J. Reid, Published by Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-853772-7.
• Fortran 90/95 Explained by M. Metcalf and J. Reid, Published by Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-851888-9.
• Fortran 90/95 for Scientists and Engineers by S. Chapman, Published by WCB McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-011938-4.
• Fortran 90 Handbook by J. Adams, W. Brainerd, J. Martin, B. Smith, and J. Wagener, Published by Intertext Publications (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-000406-4.
• Fortran 90 Programming by T. Ellis, I. Philips, and T. Lahey, Published by Addison/Wesley, ISBN 0201-54446-6.
• Introduction to Fortran 90/95 by S. Chapman, Published by WCB McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-011969-4.
• Programmer's Guide to Fortran 90, Second Edition by W. Brainerd, C. Goldberg, and J. Adams, Published by Unicomp, ISBN 0-07-000248-7.

For information on High Performance Fortran (HPF), see the following:

• High Performance Fortran Language Specification, Version 1.1, Technical Report CRPC-TR-92225, Center for Research on Parallel Computation, Rice University, Houston, TX USA. Also see the draft version of the Version 2.0 specification, which at the time of this writing is out for public comment, but has not been finally approved.
  These specifications are available online on the World Wide Web as follows:

  http://www.crpc.rice.edu/HPFF/home.html

Compaq provides this list of Fortran 90/95 documents (books) for the sole purpose of assisting customers who want to learn more about the Fortran 90/95 language. This list of documents does not comment---either positively or negatively---on any of the documents listed or any not yet listed. Any omissions are not intentional. Publications that become available after the revision of a Compaq Fortran document will be added at the next revision.

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