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A Fortran 90 Interface for OpenGL: Revised January 1998

Published

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

Abstract

It is important to provide a good fortran interface to OpenGL and related libraries for scientific visualization in mathematical software. OpenGL currently provides a fortran interface which can be used by fortran 77 or fortran 90 programs. However, this interface relies upon several extensions to the fortran 77 standard. By using the new features of fortran 90 it is possible to define an interface to OpenGL that does not depend on any extensions to the standard and provides access to the full functionality of OpenGL. This document defines such an interface.
Citation
- 6134
Report Number
6134
Volume
18
Issue
No. 1
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6134

Keywords

binding, fortran 90, graphics, OpenGL

Citation

Mitchell, W. (1998), A Fortran 90 Interface for OpenGL: Revised January 1998, - 6134, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6134 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created April 1, 1998, Updated November 10, 2018
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