Compiling A Portable/Efficient Language

Parallel computers are very different, motivating programmers to use higher level languages

• But the compiler must translate the source successfully to each platform with good results

  • CTA neutralizes much of the complexity
  • New compiler technology (Factor/Join) promotes many high level optimizations
  • A critical technology is interprocessor communication -- most compilers use message passing; ZPL uses the Ironman interface

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