Fortran development on Windows -
i'm not sure if stupid question or not, i'm thinking of learning use fortran , wondering if there web site fortran can freely downloaded windows, presuming fortran free?
fortran language - not can download. can download, though, fortran compiler. compiler program turn code (written in language, fortran) machine code (which can executed operating system).
there number of compilers fortran. gnu compiler suite highly regarded (and free , open-source). can download mingw (http://www.mingw.org/), gives libraries , gnu compilers necessary run fortran application on windows.
a basic tutorial on how compile , run fortran code in mingw available @ http://www.stat.sc.edu/~habing/courses/740/mingw.html