A FORTRAN Coloring Book

by Roger Kaufman

"The right way to read a FORTRAN book," the author of this one tells us now that we've read hisalmost to its last page, "is by a series of skimming passes. Each time through you pick up a bit more of the nitty-gritty detail. When you pick up an IBM manual, for instance, first flip through it looking for the jokes. There aren't any, so go back and flip through again, getting familiar with the overall idea. Then flip through from back to front, side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262610264
• ISBN13: 9780262610261
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

In the Beginning....

This book was the best $6.95 I ever spent as a freshman engineer during the punch card days. The book is still useful reference for entry level programmers. The 'Dr. Seuss'-like presentation style doesn't go over the edge, while providing fodder for the doodling reader with a highlighter. Clearly many highlighter colors were required to assimilate Fortran carriage control. When it's all over, you have learned FORTRAN, guaranteed - or "you deserve your money back".

One of the best entertaining textbooks.

Dr. Kaufman's book is still among my favorite textbooks. It presents the basics of FORTRAN programming language in an easy-to-understand format with enough satire to actually make learning fun. The book is an older text, but covers most of the basics required for coding. The concepts of storage, expressions, and logic are applicable to any language.