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From: boulder!pikes!pikes.Colorado.EDU!spinkert@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Scott Casto Pinkerton)
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Subject: Development Environment for Parallel Computers
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Date: 14 Nov 89 20:12:40 GMT
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Hello, I'm trying to gather information about what development tools are
being looked at (developed) to assist designers and developers (programmers)
for parallel computers.

E.g.  Anyone know of any structured analysis/structured design techniques 
(tools or extensions) which are being used/developed to assist/increase
the ability to design for parallel execution ??

Anyone know of any tools to perform data dependency analysis (independent
of the compiler) so that the developer can utilize this information iteratively
to further refine their algorithm/code ??

I'm aware of some of the parallel debuggers which are being used - what else
are people using, like to be using ??

Are there any tool development work being done with respect to the connection
networks (Omega, Benes, whatever) to assist in the debugging of the 
interconnection/memory access ??

Thanks to anyone who has some information that they would like to share.  I'll
be more than happy to provide a summary posting, if I get much response.  I'd
appreciate E-mail if I could.

scott pinkerton
spinkert@pikes.Colorado.EDU