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notaprogrammer

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Original poster
Jul 23, 2008
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Hi guys,

I am not really all that familiar with programming, but I do know how to get up and running on a Linux desktop machine. My question is once I have installed a Fortran compiler how to I get up an running. I mean how does one ask the computer to open a text editor, to write the program on, and then ask
the computer to compile it.

For example on the Linux machine. I write

nedit filename.f90 (provided the file has already ben created. I am not sure how to do so if it hasn't. )

then I write my program and save

type in the terminal

gfortran filename.f90 to compile
press enter
type ./a.out to run

Sorry if this is a really easy question, but I am not really very confident when it comes to dealing with computers
 
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