Advanced ZPL Compiler

这个研究项目是针对高级ZPL语言的设计和详细规范，预期其完整的实验评估。高级ZPL旨在作为将在并行超级计算机上运行的科学和工程计算的编程语言。与ZPL（和其他先行数据并行语言）不同，高级ZPL适用于一般并行算法。高级ZPL包含ZPL作为一个适当的子集，使其完全支持数据并行计算。此外，高级ZPL还提供了表达线程并行性、任务并行性和流水线的能力。ZPL提供数组数据结构，而高级ZPL增加了通用数据结构功能。提供了对数据运动和计算粒度的控制。目标是生成用于编写示例应用程序的精确规范。基于这些应用程序，用户可以评估Advanced ZPL的便利性和表达性，编译器编写者可以制定为其生成高效、可移植代码的方法。

This research project is directed at the design and detailed specification of the Advanced ZPL language in anticipation of its full experimental evaluation. Advanced ZPL is intended as the programming language for scientific and engineering computations that are to be run on parallel supercomputers. Unlike ZPL (and other antecedent data parallel languages) Advanced ZPL is suitable for general parallel algorithms. Advanced ZPL contains ZPL as a proper subset, giving it full support for data parallel computation. In addition, Advanced ZPL provides the capability to express thread parallelism, task parallelism and pipelining. ZPL provides array data structures, while Advanced ZPL adds general data structuring capabilities. Control over data motion and computational granularity are provided. The goal is to produce a precise specification with which to write sample applications. Based on these applications users can assess the convenience and expressivity of Advanced ZPL, and compiler writers can formulate ways to produce efficient, portable code for it.