that i need help on

Question: What is the shortest possible Fortran program

I was thinking

Program "_____"
Print "_____"
End

halp!!

6/1/2010 10:01:27 PM

you don't need the print, but you do need a stop, n'est-ce pas?

6/2/2010 1:33:53 AM

How come? When i run a program with the same format as above and leave out the STOP, it acts the same as if the word STOP was in the program

6/2/2010 6:05:22 AM

Is this a CS question, like, write a the shortest possible program (in bits) or is it just a pedagogical question?

Does it count as a program if if just makes an assignment?
PROGRAM z
a=1
END

6/2/2010 9:34:11 AM

^You'd have to declare a in that case

I don't think you would actually even need anything in the body.

Program X
EndProgram X

6/2/2010 10:14:42 AM

you should declare the variable, at least for writing in fortran77. I think in f95 too you can manage to not declare variables.

But Wraith is probably right about the short program having no body:

Quote :

"PROGRAM x END PROGRAM "

compiles.

6/2/2010 12:15:49 PM

The answer, for Rodman's class, is in his notes which are online.

http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc112/lec/051/

Select Lecture Notes 0 - Intro

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Let’s return to step 5, implementation. Here is how I write Fortran programs.

First I name the program: Area_of_a_triangle.
Then I write three lines of code that I know will compile plus comment.

PROGRAM Area_of_a_triangle
! Documentation – follow guidelines in lab
IMPLICIT NONE
END PROGRAM Area_of_a_triangle

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Since ^ did it in two lines, I asked Rodman and his response was ....
two lines is the minimum but he requires all programs for his class
to have the two middle lines.

6/2/2010 3:12:56 PM

i had rodmans class.

PROGRAM fuckrodman
IMPLICIT NONE
END PROGRAM fuckrodman

6/2/2010 9:33:53 PM

lol

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6/2/2010 11:03:41 PM

YOU LAUGHING AT ME????

anyways...Thanks for the help everyone

6/3/2010 7:30:59 PM