I was asked to write a program for matlab and Fortran, and my teacher had me download cygwin with octave. How?

Question

I kinda know how to write the functions, and I downloaded cygwin, and i know how to get to octave, its just using the function in octave, and if thats even what I'm supposed to do. Hopefully someone can make sense of this.

Answer 1

cygwin contains a Fortran 77 compiler, g77, as an optional part of the download. Just go to the languages section and select g77.



I don't know how this relates to octave or matlab though.



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The funny thing about "dead languages" with millions of lines of still-living production code is that the folks *running* those programs still need programmers. But all the old programmers are retiring, and no one new is learning the "dead language".



If you know the language and can stand to program in it you can pretty much name your salary. I know Fortran programming consultants who make close to $200k per year.

Answer 2

With G77, you do no longer could learn a clean language. Fortran seventy seven is only extra handy than Fortran IV, because of the fact it provides character strings, OPEN and on the brink of get right of entry to distinctive logical channels, IF THEN ELSE build, and so on, yet you in spite of the actual fact which could experience correct at living house correct away. Get the GCC suite. It beats the Intel offering by applying being loose, and by applying being supported by applying a community of fanatic people who won't permit you down. you additionally can get the completed G77 instruction manual and set up it, this is an entire go referenced HTML kit. in case you get the completed GCC (as destructive to purely G77) you will additionally get a C, C++, Ada and Java compilers. additionally loose.

Answer 3

Wow your writing a program in Fortran?!? Best of luck to you is all I can say! Doesn't your teacher know that is a dead language?