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name: "Fortran"
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# Fortran

> Language optimized for high-performance numerical computation and scientific computing.

A high-performance programming language optimized for numerical computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s, Fortran excels in handling computationally intensive tasks and is widely used in areas like scientific research, engineering, and high-performance computing.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1957
- Homepage: https://fortran-lang.org/
- Languish ranking: #83

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Compiled](https://plangs.page/paradigm/compiled)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured)

### Platforms

- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Manifest](https://plangs.page/type-system/manifest)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Implemented By

- [Intel Fortran](https://plangs.page/intel-fortran)

### Influenced

- [BASIC](https://plangs.page/basic)
- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [Wolfram Language](https://plangs.page/wolfram-language)

### Used to Write

- [R](https://plangs.page/r)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Assembler](https://plangs.page/tag/asm)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Data Analysis](https://plangs.page/tag/analysis)
- [DSP](https://plangs.page/tag/dsp)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Mathematical Modeling](https://plangs.page/tag/modeling)
- [Multivariate Analysis](https://plangs.page/tag/multivar)
- [Numeric Computation](https://plangs.page/tag/numeric)
- [Ray Tracer](https://plangs.page/tag/ray-tracer)
- [Scientific Computing](https://plangs.page/tag/sci)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Statistics](https://plangs.page/tag/stats)
- [Testing](https://plangs.page/tag/testing)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)