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Definition of the F−− extension to fortran 90

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Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (LCPC 1997)

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Abstract

This paper describes a simple yet elegant extension to Fortran 90 as an alternative model for parallel programming. The model is the Single-Program-Multiple-Data (SPMD) programming model with a Fortran-like syntax to point from one memory image to another. Just as local coordinates are contained within parentheses for local memory images, global coordinates are contained within square brackets for remote memory images. A statement such as x(i,j) = y(i,j) [p,q] generates a load from address y(i, j) in memory image [p, q] followed by a store to address x (i , j) in the local memory image. The extension is simple not only for the programmer to understand and to use but also for the compiler developer to implement and to optimize.

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  1. Software Division, Cray Research A Silicon Graphics Company, 55121, Eagan, MN, USA

    Robert W. Numrich, Jon L. Steidel, Brian H. Johnson, Gary Elsesser, Greg Fischer & Tom MacDonald

  2. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Limeil-Valenton, Villeneuve StGeorges, 94195, cedex, France

    Benoit Dupont de Dinechin

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Zhiyuan Li Pen-Chung Yew Siddharta Chatterjee Chua-Huang Huang P. Sadayappan David Sehr

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Numrich, R.W. et al. (1998). Definition of the F−− extension to fortran 90. 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/BFb0032700

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