AFL-1: A Programming Language for Massively Concurrent Computers

Title: en_US AFL-1: A Programming Language for Massively Concurrent Computers
Creator: en_US Blelloch, Guy
Date: 2004-10-20T20:10:23Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:10:23Z
Date Issued: en_US 1986-11-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-918
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6953
Abstract: en_US Computational models are arising is which programs are constructed by specifying large networks of very simple computational devices. Although such models can potentially make use of a massive amount of concurrency, their usefulness as a programming model for the design of complex systems will ultimately be decided by the ease in which such networks can be programmed (constructed). This thesis outlines a language for specifying computational networks. The language (AFL-1) consists of a set of primitives, ad a mechanism to group these elements into higher level structures. An implementation of this language runs on the Thinking Machines Corporation, Connection machine. Two significant examples were programmed in the language, an expert system (CIS), and a planning system (AFPLAN). These systems are explained and analyzed in terms of how they compare with similar systems written in conventional languages.
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-918