> >CRPC TR-91121
> >An Overview of the Fortran D Programming System
> >
> >Keywords:
> >
> >MIMD multiprocessors, parallel programming, languages, compilers, 
> >optimization, Fortran, programming environment 
> >
> >Abstract:
> >
> >The success of large-scale parallel architectures is limited by the
> >difficulty of developing machine-independent parallel programs.  We
> >have developed Fortran D, a version of Fortran extended with data
> >decomposition specifications, to provide a portable data-parallel
> >programming model.  This paper presents the design of two key
> >components of the Fortran D programming system: a prototype compiler and
> >an environment to assist automatic data decomposition.  The Fortran D
> >compiler addresses program partitioning, communication generation and
> >optimization, data decomposition analysis, run-time support for
> >unstructured computations, and storage management.  The Fortran D
> >programming environment provides a static performance estimator and an
> >automatic data partitioner.  We believe that the Fortran D programming
> >system will significantly ease the task of writing machine-independent
> >data-parallel programs.  
> >
> >Appeared:
> >
> >Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computation, Fourth International
> >Workshop (U. Banerjee et al., eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1992.