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
fDate :
7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
