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Sisal on a message passing architecture

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CONPAR 90 — VAPP IV (VAPP 1990, CONPAR 1990)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 457))

Abstract

Sisal is a general-purpose applicative language intended for use on both conventional and novel multiprocessor systems. In this paper we describe the port of a shared memory implementation to a message passing environment. The issues underlying the main features of this implementation are discussed.

This work was supported (in part) by the Applied Mathematical Sciences subprogram of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48 to the U.S. Department of Energy

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  1. Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO

    Dale H. Grit

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Grit, D.H. (1990). Sisal on a message passing architecture. In: Burkhart, H. (eds) CONPAR 90 — VAPP IV. VAPP CONPAR 1990 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53065-7_148

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