langage for mapping algorithms on SIMD/MIMD computer?

Your first port of call has to be to check out High Performance
Fortran (HPF) and its antecedents. This provides language mark-up on
Fortran to handle distribution of arrays etc. You will need to add new
syntax to describe vector/array operations (check out Fortran 90 for a
model here).


However you are going to have *big* problems doing this with C as you
have no arrays worth talking about in C and too much freedom to fling
pointers around particularly across procedure calls and this ruins
most attempts at distribution (think no-aliases). You should note
that HPF finds Fortran90 a bit too familiar with raw pointers as well
and imposes a few additional restrictions.


Regards,
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