Expressing object-oriented concepts in Fortran 90

1 April 1997

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGPLAN Fortran Forum

Vol. 16 (1) , 13-18
https://doi.org/10.1145/263877.263880

Abstract

Fortran 90 is a modern, powerful language with features that support important new programming concepts, including those used in object-oriented programming. This paper briefly summarizes how to express the concepts of data encapsulation, function overloading, classes, objects, inheritance, and dynamic dispatching.

Keywords

FUNCTION
FORTRAN
OBJECT ORIENTED
DISPATCHING
ENCAPSULATION
OVERLOADING
LANGUAGE
INHERITANCE
CONCEPTS

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