Title :
An experimental APL compiler for a distributed memory parallel machine
Author :
Ching, Wai-Mee ; Katz, Alex
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Software Technol., IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
An experimental APL compiler has been developed for the IBM SP1 distributed memory parallel machine. It accepts classical APL programs, without additional directives, and generates parallelized C code for execution on the SP1 machine. The compiler exploits data parallelism in APL programs based on parallel high-level primitives. Program variables are either replicated or partitioned. We also present performance data for five moderate-size programs running on the SP1
Keywords :
APL; IBM computers; distributed memory systems; parallel machines; parallel programming; program compilers; software performance evaluation; APL compiler; IBM SP1 distributed memory parallel machine; data parallelism; parallel high-level primitives; parallelized C code generation; partitioned program variables; performance data; replicated program variables; Concurrent computing; Costs; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Parallel machines; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Program processors; Programming profession;
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '94., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6605-6
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1994.344266
