The Force.

Abstract

The Force is a parallel programming language and methodology based on the shared memory multiprocessor model of computation. It is an extension to Fortran which allows a user to write a parallel program which is independent of the number of processes executing it and in which the management of processes is suppressed. Multiple instruction streams are managed as a group by operations which synchronized them and allocate work. The system is implemented on several machines as a macro preprocessor which expands Force programs into Fortran code for the host system. Keywords: Parallel programming language, Shared memory, Multiprocessor, Macro Preprocessor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA193463

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  • Harry Jordan

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  • University of Colorado Boulder

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