Does fortran have first-class function?

Question

In Fortran, we can pass a function name as an argument to a subroutine/function. Does this mean that fortran has first-class functions? The answer seems to be no, since it seems that fortran does not support returning functions as the values from other functions, or assigning them to variables.

Answer 1

You answered yourself. No, Fortran does not have first class functions.You cannot easily create another function using your Fortran code. Also, a procedure pointer is not a function itself. You cannot construct a piece of code to execute and save it into a thunk and pass it around.