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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ filename: learnfortran.f95
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Fortran is one of the oldest computer languages. It was developed in the 1950s
-by IBM for numeric calculations (Fortran is an abreviation of "Formula
+by IBM for numeric calculations (Fortran is an abbreviation of "Formula
Translation"). Despite its age, it is still used for high-performance computing
such as weather prediction. However, the language has changed considerably over
the years, although mostly maintaining backwards compatibility; well known
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This overview will discuss the features of Fortran 95 since it is the most
widely implemented of the more recent specifications and the later versions are
largely similar (by comparison FORTRAN 77 is a very different language).
-```
+```fortran
! This is a comment.
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ program example !declare a program called example.
close(12)
! There are more features available than discussed here and alternative
- ! variants due to backwards compatability with older Fortran versions.
+ ! variants due to backwards compatibility with older Fortran versions.
! Built-in Functions