User's Guide

Related Documentation

You can refer to the following publications for additional information:

XL Fortran and Operating System Publications

• XL Fortran for AIX Language Reference describes the XL Fortran programming language.
• The AIX Installation Guide covers all aspects of the standard AIX installation procedure. XL Fortran supplies brief installation instructions that explain how the general-purpose installation procedures apply to this licensed program.
• AIX Commands Reference (mutivolume set) contains extensive examples, as well as detailed descriptions of the AIX commands and their available flags. In particular, it describes the ld command (linker invocation).
• AIX Performance Management Guide explains how to maximize the performance of components of the AIX operating system.
• AIX Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions Volume 1 describes the Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (BLAS), AIX subroutines, and AIX system calls.
• General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs tells you how to write software that works properly in different countries and national languages.

Other Publications

These books are also relevant to XL Fortran features:

• Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library Guide and Reference gives information about the Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) routines.
• Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library Guide and Reference gives information about the Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (PESSL) routines.

Standards Documents

You may want to refer to these standards for precise definitions of some of the features referred to in this book:

• American National Standard Programming Language Fortran 90, ANSI X3.198-1992 (referred to in this book by its informal name, Fortran 90).
• Information technology - Programming languages - Fortran, ISO/IEC 1539-1:1991(E).
• Information technology - Programming languages - Fortran - Part 1: Base language, ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997 (referred to in this book by its informal name, Fortran 95).
• American National Standard Programming Language FORTRAN, ANSI X3.9-1978.
• ANSI/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic, ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985.
• Federal (USA) Information Processing Standards Publication Fortran, FIPS PUB 69-1.
• Military Standard Fortran DOD Supplement to ANSI X3.9-1978, MIL-STD-1753 (United States of America, Department of Defence standard). Note that XL Fortran supports only those extensions that have been subsequently incorporated into the Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 standards.
• OpenMP Fortran Application Program Interface, Version 2.0, November 2000 (referred to in this book by its informal name, OpenMP Fortran API)
• Information technology - Programming Languages - Fortran - Floating-Point Exception Handling, ISO/IEC TR 15580:1998(E)
• Information technology - Programming Languages - Fortran - Enhanced Data Type Facilities, ISO/IEC TR 15581:1999(E)