DocumentCode
1163501
Title
Start/Pat: a parallel-programming toolkit
Author
Appelbe, Bill ; Smith, Kevin ; McDowell, Charlie
Author_Institution
Inf. & Comput. Sci. Sch., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
6
Issue
4
fYear
1989
fDate
7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
29
Lastpage
38
Abstract
The authors address the question of how to use existing sequential Fortran code on multiprocessors. Their answer is Start/Pat, an interactive toolkit that automates the parallelization of sequential Fortran as it teaches the programmer how to exploit and understand parallel structures and architectures. The Start/Pat prototype has been installed at several user sites. The authors discuss the choice of PCF Fortran, the toolkit components, and the features of Pat and Start.<>
Keywords
FORTRAN; parallel programming; software tools; PCF Fortran; interactive toolkit; multiprocessors; parallel-programming toolkit; parallelization; sequential Fortran code; Application software; Concurrent computing; Investments; Isolation technology; Multitasking; Parallel processing; Processor scheduling; Programming profession; Software libraries; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.31650
Filename
31650
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