The Sisal model of functional programming and its implementation

Author

Gaudiot, Jean-Luc ; Bohm, Wim ; Najjar, Walid ; DeBoni, Tom ; Feo, John ; Miller, Patrick

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

17-21 Mar 1997

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

123

Abstract

Programming a massively-parallel machine is a daunting task for any human programmer, and parallelization may even be impossible for any compiler. Instead, the functional programming paradigm may prove to be an ideal solution by providing an implicitly parallel interface to the programmer. We describe the Sisal (Stream and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language) project. Its goal is to provide a general-purpose user interface for a wide range of parallel processing platforms

Keywords

functional languages; functional programming; parallel languages; parallel programming; user interfaces; Sisal; Stream and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language; compiler; functional programming; general-purpose user interface; implementation; implicitly parallel interface; massively parallel programming; parallel processing platforms; parallelization; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Costs; Functional programming; Humans; Laboratories; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Program processors; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Algorithms/Architecture Synthesis, 1997. Proceedings., Second Aizu International Symposium

Conference_Location

Aizu-Wakamatsu

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7870-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AISPAS.1997.581640

Filename

581640