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Developed byIBM
Maintained byFortran Standards Committee
Use casescientific computing
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FORTRAN

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High-level programming language designed for numeric and scientific computing

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developed by

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IBM○UnverifiedHighFresh1

first released year

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1957○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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scientific computing○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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created by

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file extension

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standardized by

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language paradigm

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procedural programming○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports platform

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maintained by

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C○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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C○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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