FortranCon2020 [SP]: Experimental Fortran Programming
Channel: FortranCon
Date: 03/09/2020

While Fortran is usually used for serious work, number crunching for instance, it does not mean that that is the only way to use it. Far from it, the features offered by modern Fortran allow all manner of experimentation with other programming paradigms. Emulating, say, prototype-based object-oriented programming may not lead to an efficient implementation, but it offers the benefits of demonstrating what the possibilities are of such a paradigm. In this talk I would like to present three cases of extending the language beyond the obvious:

 - Using user-defined operators to stay close to the mathematical notation of differential equations
 - An alternative way of looking at object-oriented programming
 - Introducing "lambda expressions"or anonymous functions

As stated, the implementation probably will not lead to very efficient programs, but thinking beyond the traditional will bring new possibilities to light.


Arjen Markus, Deltares

https://tcevents.chem.uzh.ch/e/FortranCon2020