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    copied!<p>If you haven't already, install Linux and <code>gcc</code> on a home computer and begin to play with FORTRAN or Fortran. The command prompt syntax is <code>gfortran <em>filename</em>.f</code> which produces an executable file named <code>a.out</code>.</p> <p>As for hints of what to experiment with, use previous answers to Stack Overflow questions, from simple to not-so-simple:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2978618/how-to-say-hello-world-in-fortran">Hello world</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2176064/question-about-fortran-continue-statement-in-a-for-loop">the CONTINUE statement</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157587/difficulty-with-fortran-variable-scope">variable scope</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1262695/converting-integers-to-strings-in-fortran">integer to string</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1333836/fortran-functions-and-return-values">procedures and functions</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/838310/fortran-90-kind-type">F90+ <em>KIND</em> explanation</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1126028/fortran-read">i/o units</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2813502/reading-input-files-in-fortran">file reading</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1126324/fortran-write">file writing and implied do loop</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5379103/problem-using-formatted-fortran-write6-output">formatted output</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5406016/changing-array-dimensions-in-fortran">passing variable array parameters</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31672/learning-fortran-in-the-modern-era">Legacy FORTRANisms</a></li> </ul>
 

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