Carl J. Beckmann
Abstract
This paper describes an abstract language called HTGL used to model the parallel structure and behavior of programs. These abstract models can be used as input to simulators and analysis tools for more accurate simulation than analytic or queueing models, without the unnecessary burden of compiling actual programs. It can also be used as a rapid software prototyping tool, for easily measuring the inherent parallelism in a parallel algorithm prior to actual coding, or for implementing certain compiler optimizations on the simplified data structures of the abstract language. Source code is publicly available and includes a reusable software library.
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Index Terms
- HTGL: a program modelling language
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