A source-level transformation framework for RPC-based distributed programs

Author

Kim, Tae-Hyung ; Purtilo, James M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

6-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

87

Abstract

The remote procedure call (RPC) paradigm has been a favorite of programmers who write distributed programs because RPC uses a familiar procedure call abstraction as the sole mechanism of remote operation. The abstraction helps to simplify programming tasks, but this does not mean that the resulting program´s RPC-based flow of control will be anything close to ideal for high performance. The purpose of our research is to provide a source-level transformation framework as an alternative way to implement an RPC-based distributed program, so that the code can be optimized through program analysis techniques.

Keywords

parallel programming; program control structures; program diagnostics; remote procedure calls; code optimization; control flow; distributed programs; performance; procedure call abstraction; program analysis techniques; programming task simplification; remote procedure call; source-level transformation framework; Communication system control; Computer science; Costs; Delay; Educational institutions; Graphics; Parallel machines; Programming profession; Vector processors; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Distributed Computing, 1996., Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Syracuse, NY, USA

ISSN

1082-8907

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7582-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPDC.1996.546176

Filename

546176