Distributed objects for parallel numerical applications
ESAIM: Modélisation mathématique et analyse numérique, Tome 36 (2002) no. 5, pp. 837-861.

The C++// language (pronounced C++ parallel) was designed and implemented with the aim of importing reusability into parallel and concurrent programming, in the framework of a mimd model. From a reduced set of rather simple primitives, comprehensive and versatile libraries are defined. In the absence of any syntactical extension, the C++// user writes standard C++ code. The libraries are themselves extensible by the final users, making C++// an open system. Two specific techniques to improve performances of a distributed object language such as C++// are then presented: Shared-on-Read and Overlapping of Communication and Computation. The appliance of those techniques is guided by the programmer at a very high-level of abstraction, so the additional work to yield those good performance improvements is kept to the minimum.

DOI : 10.1051/m2an:2002039
Classification : 68N15, 68N19
Mots clés : concurrency, data-driven synchronization, dynamic binding, inheritance, object-oriented concurrent programming, polymorphism, reusability, software development method, wait-by-necessity, overlap, object sharing
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Baude, Francoise; Caromel, Denis; Sagnol, David. Distributed objects for parallel numerical applications. ESAIM: Modélisation mathématique et analyse numérique, Tome 36 (2002) no. 5, pp. 837-861. doi : 10.1051/m2an:2002039. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/m2an:2002039/

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