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Vienna fortran 90 — An advanced data parallel language

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Parallel Computing Technologies (PaCT 1995)

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This paper describes Vienna Fortran 90, an advanced data parallel language based on Fortran 90 and Vienna Fortran, that enables the user to program distributed memory parallel computers almost as easily as sequential computers using global addresses only. Vienna Fortran offers a variety of high level features for data distribution and thus combines the advantages of a shared memory programming paradigm with mechanisms for explicit user control of those aspects that have the greatest impact on efficiency. Vienna Fortran 90 provides a number of new features not found in any other comparable language such as HPF or Fortran D. This includes concepts for distributing user defined data structures, distribution of pointer objects, and a general framework for specifying arbitrary data and work distribution.

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  1. Institute for Software Technology and Parallel Systems, University of Vienna, Liechtenstein Strasse 22, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

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Benkner, S. (1995). Vienna fortran 90 — An advanced data parallel language. In: Malyshkin, V. (eds) Parallel Computing Technologies. PaCT 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 964. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60222-4_104

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