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Spar: A programming language for semi-automatic compilation of parallel programs

✍ Scribed by van Reeuwijk, Kees; van Gemund, Arjan J. C.; Sips, Henk J.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 86 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 1040-3108
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9128(199711)9:11<1193::aid-cpe334>3.0.co;2-b

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✦ Synopsis

We present Spar, a programming language for semi-automatic parallel programming, in particular for the programming of array-based applications. The language has been designed as part of the Automap project, in which a compiler and runtime system are being developed for distributed-memory systems. As suggested by its name, Automap aims at completely automatic code and data mapping at either compile time or runtime. This relieves the programmer of a difficult task, and makes Spar programs completely portable.

Apart from a few minor modifications, Spar is a superset of Java. This provides Spar with a modern, solid, language as its basis, and makes Spar more accessible. Spar extends Java with constructs for parallel programming, extensive support for array manipulation, and a number of other powerful language extensions.

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