Interactive parallel programming using the ParaScope Editor

Author

Kennedy, Ken ; McKinley, Kathryn S. ; Tseng, Chau-Wen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

341

Abstract

The ParaScope Editor, an intelligent interactive editor for parallel Fortran programs, which is the centerpiece of the ParaScope project, an integrated collection of tools to help scientific programmers implement correct and efficient parallel programs, is discussed. ParaScope Editor reveals to users potential hazards of a proposed parallelization in a program. It provides a variety of powerful interactive program transformations that have been shown useful in converting programs to parallel form. ParaScope Editor supports general user editing through a hybrid text and structure editing facility that incrementally analyzes the modified program for potential hazards. It is shown that ParaScope Editor supports an exploratory programming style in which users get immediate feedback on their various strategies for parallelization

Keywords

FORTRAN; interactive programming; parallel programming; text editing; ParaScope Editor; ParaScope project; efficient parallel programs; exploratory programming style; general user editing; hybrid text; integrated collection; intelligent interactive editor; modified program; parallel Fortran programs; powerful interactive program transformations; scientific programmers; structure editing facility; Availability; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Feedback; Hazards; Helium; Parallel machines; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/71.86108

Filename

86108