title: How do you compile the most basic fortran program (helloworld) using gfortran an cygwin?
body: <p>I've searched through these forums for an answer to this, but the people posing this question tend to have even a rudimentary understanding of fortran, gfortran, and cygwin.  I'm beginning a new course that focuses on Fortran, yet I cannot start on my first assignment (&quot;hello world&quot;) given that I can't figure out how to start the process.</p>
  <p>I'm on Windows, I have notepad++ and cygwin installed (as well as gnuplot, though I don't think that's relevant here).  Beyond that, I don't know where to start.  How do I get started here?</p>