Level 0 - Getting Started with Fortran
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In this tutorial you will learn:

* How to compile a simple Fortran program with gfortran compiler
* Learn number of Fortran 2008 features used extensively in SCONE

This tutorial assumes that you use a UNIX-like environment.
Moreover some knowledge of basic UNIX command line commands is essential.
Furthermore gfortran in version 6.3 or higher should be installed on your system.

Fortran 2008 Hello World
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#. Let us start by crating a new file with ``echo '' >> helloFortran.f90``.
   Open the new file  in your editor of choice and write the following hello
   world program. ::

     program helloFortran
       implicit none

       print *, "Hello. I am Fortran. The first of high-level programing languges."

     end program helloFortran

#. Now verify the version of your compiler by typing ``gfortran --version``.
   You should see something like this ::

     GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.3.0
     Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

#. Now let us compile with following command
   ``gfortran helloFortran.f90 -o hello.out`` to create  new executable
   *hello.out*. Run it to verify that it produced the expected result.

#. Now you should have no problem to learn Fortran basic syntax. For instance
   use this `tutorial <https://www.tutorialspoint.com/fortran/>`_.

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