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This paper contains a short introduction of Sisal language and an overview of features introduced by Sisal 3.2 version compared to Sisal 3.1 version. Sisal 3.2 features a multidimensional array support, new abstractions like parametric types and generalized procedures, more flexible user-defined reductions, an improved interoperability with other programming languages and a specification of several optimizing source text annotations. Sisal 3.x version is used as an input language of a system of functional programming (SFP).
Work is partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR grant no. 07-07-12050).
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Stasenko, A. (2011). Sisal 3.2 Language Features Overview. In: Malyshkin, V. (eds) Parallel Computing Technologies. PaCT 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6873. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23178-0_10
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