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From: larus@primost.cs.wisc.edu (James Larus)
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Subject: Parallel Programming Languages
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In preparation for a graduate seminar that I will teach this spring, I
am looking for papers describing interesting parallel programming
languages.  By ``parallel programming language,'' I mean a language
explicitly designed to program parallel computers.  I am not primarily
interested in extensions to sequential languages (unless they embody
new and unusual notions of parallelism).  By ``interesting,'' I mean a
language that embodies a notion of parallelism at a level of
abstraction above processes and synchronization.  In particular, I'd
like to hear about languages that are not widely known.  (I already
know of Linda and C*.)

If you know of (or have designed) a language that might be
interesting, mail me its name, a short description, and a citation or
two.  I'll summarize the results and post them in a couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance.

/Jim

larus@cs.wisc.edu

James Larus
Computer Sciences Department
1210 West Dayton Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706