Guidelines for Fortran Programming and Grading:

                                                               Grading

First and foremost the program should meet its specifications.   60%

   Does it do precisely what it was asked to do?

It should be well-designed.                                      10%

   This includes well-designed, cohesive functions, minimal
   use of global variables, effective use of parameters, etc.
   Since many of our programs are intended to solve numerical
   analysis problems, the use of good mathematical and
   numerical techniques is included here.


Style and Readability                                            10%

   Programs are written not just to be run, but also for others
   to read.  Pity the poor maintenance program who is going to
   have to read and decipher your work 4 years from now.  Make
   this person's job easier through good use of indentation,
   spacing, descriptive variable names, and general neatness.

Documentation                                                    10%

   If you provide good documentation, that maintenance
   programmer is going to bless you, not curse you!  There is
   both internal and external documentation.  The internal
   documentation is contained within the program file(s) and
   includes a description at the top giving the inputs, overall
   processing, and outputs of the program.  It also includes
   a comment section for each function, listing what is being
   passed into it via the parameters, what the function's main
   task is, and what values are being passed back out via
   the parameters or function name.  External documentation is
   separate from the program and may consist of items like the
   specifications, various charts, record of testing, etc.  In
   our course, external documentation is only to be turned in
   if explicitly asked for.

Efficiency                                                       10%

   Don't needlessly waste computer time or memory space.
   In particular, don't waste a lot of it.  If there is a
   tradeoff between efficiency and a clear design, having
   a clear design is probably better (unless we would waste
   a lot of time or space to get it).