title: Is Fortran's parameter statement similar to C/C++'s #define statement?
body: <p>I am new to Fortran, but it looks to me that Fortran's <code>parameter</code> is similar to using <code>#define</code> in C/C++.  Are they similar?  Are they used in the same ways?  I know <code>#define</code> is a preprocessor statement and I wasn't sure what similarities or differences this may cause <code>#define</code> to have with <code>parameter</code>.</p>