A guide to FORTRAN programming
by Daniel D. McCracken · first published 1961
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This is one of the early textbooks on programming in FORTRAN.
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A Guide to FORTRAN Programming by Daniel McCracken
on “Ask HN: What was your first programming book?” ↗This have changed at my first job (a long time a go) the second day I got an hours crash course in RT/11 (a DEC OS) I was told to learn FORTRAN IV from McCracken (A Guide to Fortran Programming)
on “Optimize Onboarding” ↗…more suited to a completely different domain than C, anyway. Numerical and scientific computing versus embedded systems and low-level programming with high-level imperative mnemonics. Haven't read A Guide to Fortran Programming, but K&R is still quite great, nonetheless. Although its habits are outdated by now in favor of ANSI C, it's still a handy reference.
on “Dennis Ritchie, the father of everything” ↗