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Java may be a natural language for portable parallel programming. We discuss the basis of this claim in general terms, then illustrate the use of Java for message-passing and data-parallel programming through series of case studies. In the process we introduce some proposals for a Java binding of MPI, and describe the use of a Java class-library to implement HPF-style distributed data. Prospects for future Java-based parallel programming environments are discussed.
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Carpenter, B., Chang, YJ., Fox, G., Li, X. (1998). Java as a language for scientific parallel programming. In: Li, Z., Yew, PC., Chatterjee, S., Huang, CH., Sadayappan, P., Sehr, D. (eds) Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing. LCPC 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1366. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032703
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