Implementing concurrent object-oriented languages on multicomputers

Author

Yonezawa, Akinori ; Matsuoka, Satoshi ; Yasugi, Masahiro ; Taura, Kenjiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

1

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

61

Abstract

The implementations of ABCL (an object-based concurrent language) on two different types of multicomputers-Electrotechnical Laboratories´ EM-4 extended dataflow computer, and Fujitsu´s experimental AP1000-are described. ABCL/EM-4 takes advantage of that machine´s packet-driven architecture to achieve very good preliminary performance results. The AP1000 does not have special hardware support for message passing, so ABCL/AP1000 includes several software technologies that are general enough for conventional parallel or concurrent languages, again yielding promising performance. It is concluded that the results demonstrate the viability of attaining good performance with concurrent object-oriented languages on current multicomputers, whether experimental or commercial.<>

Keywords

object-oriented languages; parallel languages; parallel processing; ABCL; AP1000; EM-4 extended dataflow computer; concurrent object-oriented languages; multicomputers; object-based concurrent language; packet-driven architecture; Concurrent computing; Costs; Hardware; Laboratories; Message passing; Out of order; Processor scheduling; Prototypes; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6552

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/88.218175

Filename

218175