A report on the Sisal language project

Journal Article · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0743-7315(90)90035-N· OSTI ID:5001807

Feo, J T; Cann, D C ^[1]; Oldehoeft, R R ^[2]

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1. Computer Research Group, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (US)
2. Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (US)

Sisal (Streams and Iterations in Single Assignment Language) is a general-purpose applicative language intended for use on both conventional and novel multiprocessor systems. In this report the authors discuss the project's objectives, philosophy, and accomplishments and state our future plans. Four significant results of the Sisal project are compilation techniques for high-performance parallel applicative computation, a microtasking environment that supports dataflow on conventional shared-memory architectures, execution times comparable to those of Fortran, and cost-effective speed-up on shared-memory multiprocessors.

• OSTI ID: 5001807
• Journal Information: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing; (United States) Vol. 10:4; ISSN JPDCE; ISSN 0743-7315
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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