[-ELM]

Hi all.

Firstly, let me thank you for taking the time to read the following. Over the past week or so I have been regularly checking the HC forums for information, inspiration and well really.. just general interest.
I did not register interest in these forums with intent of sponging off the active members; I would like to become an active member myself, and when I have more time hopefully contribute some tutorials myself. Although I am confident in saying that I am proficient in using programming languages for scientific purposes, simulating physical systems for example, I have very little experience programming outside this domain. One of my main reasons for joining these forums is so that I can push myself beyond what I need to know to what I would like to know. Getting onto more personal matters I would say that I am naturally curious and this is what I believe to be the stimulus for my success,thus far, in all matters academic. I am current undergraduate owing my interest in all matters computational to courses on Python and Fortan 90/95.
Currently my main goal is to extend my knowledge of Python to all aspects of computing even if it is just the very basics. I have no interest in any illegal activity; curiosity is motivation enough for me.
I look forward to becoming more active on these forums and as I mentioned earlier hopefully contributing some information back in return.

Thanks again,
-ELM

[bluedog.tar.gz]

Hello and welcome to HackCommunity.

Its nice to hear that you came back and finally registed.
We have enough content & users to get you started on Python, not sure about Fortan but you can try the search button if you are unsure.

Any suggestions/tips forum related are always welcome.


Kind regards,


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Hello and welcome I look forward to reading some of your tutorials, in the mean time if you need help with anything just ask!

[Anima Templi]

Welcome, I'm glad to hear that you decided to register. It's also nice to see that you have given some time to write that introduction, it tells me that you are dedicated. As for the programming I'm currently programming in Python myself let me know if there's anything i can do for you.

I'm looking forward to see what you have to contribute with, and seing you around on the forums.

[Linuxephus™]

I would suggest foregoing Fortran 90/95 and going the updated route of Fortran 2008 --informally known as-- (ISO/IEC 1539-1:2010) versus a somewhat dated programming language circa 1995.
Many updates have been implemented to that particular language since the 1995 release.

Greetings by the way, though we've briefly conversed on one prior occasion in another thread far, far away.:lol:

[Deque]

Welcome to HC. I am glad to see a motivated new member. I believe that curiousity is, what makes people achieve the most important things.

[-ELM]

Thanks all for your kind, welcoming words. And @Linuxephus indeed we did; for some reason (unknown to me) the earlier editions of Fortran are preferred by physicists so that's the edition I have to use on my course unless I decide to vastly improve my C++ abilities and get rid of Fortran altogether. Nonetheless, I will definitely have a look into your suggestion of the updated version just for the sake of comparison. I'll get a GNU compiler sorted and have a bit of a tinker around with it in the next week or so once I've got this dreaded finite difference methods assignment out of the way!