C++ for Fortran Programmers

by Ira Pohl

Using your existing knowledge of Fortran, C++ for Fortran Programmers gets you up and running with C++ quickly. By learning how individual elements of a Fortran program compare and translate into C++, this book helps you make a smooth transition to C++ and object-oriented concepts. Best-selling author and C++ authority, Ira Pohl, uses his trademark "dissection" technique to illustrate the underlying structure of programs and help you understand design trade-offs. Scientific and engineering coding examples are featured throughout the text. The book provides a smooth transition to C++ and object-oriented programming for programmers already familiar with Fortran, and includes C++ to Fortran equivalencies making it easy to move from one language to another. Engineering computations are featured throughout; important scientific types such as complex number, vector and polynomial are implemented. It also incorporates the proposed ANSI C++ Standard including bool, namespaces, and the STL library, and features a chapter on the use of STL and efficient generic programming. All program code is fully tested and available on the World Wide Web.

540 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997