The Fortran Wiki

Despite the availability of many excellent books and scientific articles and daily discussions on comp.lang.fortran, information about modern Fortran programming is sometimes difficult to find. There is a need for something that changes faster than books, papers, and documentation, but is more persistent and organized than a newsgroup.

I recently started the Fortran Wiki with the aim of filling this void. Its mission is to provide an open and community-driven venue for documenting and discussing all aspects of the Fortran language and, more generally, scientific computing as a whole. Among other things, the Fortran Wiki shall collect:

• Fortran source code: programs, modules, and procedures.
• Data structures and design patterns.
• Questions and answers regarding Fortran code and style.
• Information and usage examples for various Fortran libraries.
• Comparisons of compiler features and usage.
• References to books, articles, and other Fortran resources on the web.

The wiki runs on Instiki. Some features of interest are:

• Simple and clean Markdown wiki markup.
• Fortran syntax highlighting.
• Math support (inline LaTeX is converted to MathML for display).
• SVG support for diagrams, figures, etc.
• Pages can be exported to LaTeX (for making PDFs, etc.).
• The entire wiki can be exported and downloaded as HTML or text.

My feeling is that the potential is there for a lot of growth for such a site and I’m very interested to see how it turns out. I welcome any and all feedback and contributions over at the wiki.