Architecture Independence of Parallel functional Languages
Speaker: Phil Trinder
Time: Mon 8th March 1999, at 16.15
Place: Room 2.33
Abstract:
Parallel programs have high development costs, and at the
same time parallel hardware evolves rapidly. An architecture
independent language implementation allows a parallel
program to deliver good performance on a range of parallel
platforms. The high level of abstraction in functional
languages means they have potential for architecture
independent program development. The talk introduces the
concepts of architecture independence, discusses the
potential of functional languages and reports the results
obtained from developing and measuring programs on 7
parallel platforms.