Modula-P-a language for parallel programming definition and implementation on a transputer network

Author

Vollmer, Jürgen ; Hoffart, Ralf

Author_Institution

Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

fYear

1992

fDate

20-23 Apr 1992

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

64

Abstract

The programming language Modula-P extends Modula-2 with CSP-based (communicating-sequential-process-based) language constructs, i.e., parallel processes, synchronous message passing, and simultaneous waiting for events. The language and its implementation on a transputer network are presented. It is concluded that Modula-P and the development system MOCKA-P offer a very powerful programming environment for transputer-based parallel computers. As is usual for modern programming languages, Modula-P supports programming in the small as well as in the large and frees the programmer from the details of allocating hardware resources. Measurements show that the system, running on a transputer network, is very fast

Keywords

Modula; communicating sequential processes; parallel languages; parallel programming; transputer systems; CSP-based; Modula-2; communicating-sequential-process-based; development system MOCKA-P; hardware resources; language constructs; modern programming languages; parallel processes; parallel programming definition; programming environment; programming language Modula-P; simultaneous waiting; synchronous message passing; transputer network; transputer-based parallel computers; Computational modeling; Computer languages; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Memory architecture; Message passing; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Programming profession; Software reusability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Languages, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2585-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCL.1992.185468

Filename

185468