hulshof@prl.philips.nl (04/12/91)
PORTABLE VERSION OF
POOL : Parallel Object-Oriented Language
IS NOW AVAILABLE
In the framework of our research on Parallel Object-Oriented Computers
systems (DOOM and PRISMA) we have, at Philips Research Laboratories
Eindhoven, designed and implemented a number of versions of the
parallel object-oriented language POOL.
Together with the University of Amsterdam, we have constructed a
portable implementation of POOL2, called POOL2/PTC, for execution on
Unix-based uniprocessor platforms.
Currently, there are implementations available on Sun3 and Sun4, using
SunOS 4.0.3 or later.
POOL has been designed as a modern object-oriented language that
facilitates the design of large programs for execution on parallel
platforms, in particular the POOMA system, which has been designed and
constructed at Philips Research.
POOL has the following key features:
* unification of object and process concepts
* several message exchange primitives
* excellent support for expressing parallelism
* strong, safe typing
* dynamic creation of objects
* automatic garbage collection
* a standard library for commonly used data types
THE POOL2/PTC PACKAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE.
The POOL2/PTC package consists of
* a compiler, which compiles POOL2 programs into C and then uses the
host C compiler to generate native code
* a symbolic debugger, for debugging and tracing at the POOL level
* a number of example programs in POOL2
* a set of documentation, consisting of the definition and programmer's
guide of POOL2, as well as installation and user manuals of the
POOL2/PTC system.
Free-of-charge licences can be obtained from the address below for
non-commercial purposes.
After receipt of a signed licence form and a Sun 1/4" cartridge we will
supply you with the package.
The POOL2/PTC language definition is fully compatible with the
implementation on the POOMA 100 node system, which is operational at
Philips Research Laboratories.
In specific cases, performance analysis and evaluation of your POOL2
programs can be supported by execution on the POOMA system.
The address below can be contacted for making arrangements.
This distribution is performed with support from the Commission
of the European Communities.
Contact Address:
F. Stoots
Project Officer Information and Software Technology
Philips Research Laboratories
P.O.Box 80.000
5600 JA Eindhoven
The Netherlands
tel : +31-40-743380
fax : +31-40-744758
e-mail: stoots@prl.philips.nl
"One of the great difficulties in implementing efficient
communication is that it is more of a black art than science"
(A. Tannenbaum and R. van Renesse, Comp Surv, Vol 17, no 4, p431)
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Steve Stevenson {steve,fpst}@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science, comp.parallel
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell