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Language design approaches for parallel processors

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Conpar 81 (CONPAR 1981)

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Abstract

This paper considers the language design approaches which have been used to support programming on parallel processors such as array and vector processors.

The two main approaches have been classified as

  1. 1.

    detection of parallelism;

  2. 2.

    expression of machine parallelism.

The advantages and disadvantages of each approach are briefly examined.

A third approach is also considered which reflects neither the compiler’s detection mechanism nor the underlying hardware but enables the programmer to express the inherent parallelism of a solution to a problem. In this way a joint syntax can be developed for both types of parallel processors.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The Queen’s University, BT7 1NN, Belfast, N. Ireland

    R. H. Perrott

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W. Brauer P. Brinch Hansen D. Gries C. Moler G. Seegmüller J. Stoer N. Wirth Wolfgang Händler

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Perrott, R.H. (1981). Language design approaches for parallel processors. In: Brauer, W., et al. Conpar 81. CONPAR 1981. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 111. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105113

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