Title :
The case for high-level parallel programming in ZPL
Author :
Chamberlain, Bradford L. ; Choi, Sung-Eun ; Lewis, E. Christopher ; Snyder, Lawrence ; Weathersby, W. Derrick ; Lin, Calvin
Author_Institution :
Washington Univ., USA
Abstract :
Message passing programs are efficient, but fall short on convenience and portability. ZPL is a high level language that offers competitive performance and portability, as well as programming conveniences lacking in low level approaches. ZPL runs on a variety of parallel and sequential computers. We describe the problems with message passing and describe how ZPL simplifies the task of programming for parallel computers-without sacrificing efficiency
Keywords :
message passing; parallel languages; parallel programming; ZPL high level language; competitive performance; high level parallel programming; message passing programs; parallel computers; portability; sequential computers; Assembly; Computer aided software engineering; Concurrent computing; Hardware; High level languages; Magnetic heads; Message passing; Parallel programming; Programming profession; Runtime;
Journal_Title :
Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE
