NHSE Software Catalog

Fortran-M

url

ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/fortran-m/

abstract

FM is a small set of extensions to Fortran that supports a modular
approach to the design of task parallel, message-passing programs. It has
the following features.
The mapping of processes to processors can be specified with respect to a
virtual computer with size and shape different from that of the target
computer. Mapping is specified by annotations that influence
performance but not correctness.
FM can be compiled efficiently for uniprocessors, shared-memory
computers, distributed-memory computers, and networks of
workstations. Because message passing is incorporated into the language,
a compiler can optimize communication as well as computation.

description

http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fortran-m/FM.html

contact

fortran-m@mcs.anl.gov

keywords

parallel programming language; architecture independence