# Which editions of (Modern) Fortran Explained do you own?

**URL:** https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626
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**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626 "2021-01-26T20:32:23Z")
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### Author: ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/1 "2021-01-26T20:32:23Z")

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Just for fun: Which editions of _(Modern) Fortran Explained_ by Metcalf, Reid, and (later) Cohen do you own?

_Poll ([view on site](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/1))_

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### Author: ![Beliavsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Beliavsky](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Beliavsky)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/2 "2021-01-26T20:50:22Z")

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You could add [The F Programming Language](https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Oxford-Science-Publications/dp/0198500262) (1996) by Metcalf and Reid to the poll – I own it. F is a Fortran 90 subset.

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### Author: ![themos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/themos/32/521_2.png) [@themos](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/themos)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/4 "2021-01-27T18:21:26Z")

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Language standards document is written for compiler developers and book authors.

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### Author: ![FortranFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FortranFan](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/FortranFan)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/5 "2021-01-27T19:44:09Z")

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> [@themos](#):
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> Language standards document is written for compiler developers and book authors.

Where is such an assertion stated?

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### Author: ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/6 "2021-01-27T20:29:22Z")

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As a book author, I found the standards document incredibly difficult to parse. MFE was my go to reference.

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### Author: ![themos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/themos/32/521_2.png) [@themos](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/themos)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/which-editions-of-modern-fortran-explained-do-you-own/626/8 "2021-01-28T16:03:00Z")

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It was not an assertion but an observation.