Cilk

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cilk

http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/cilk/
Algorithmic language for multi-threaded parallel processing

Cilk is designed for general purpose parallel programming, but it is especially effective for exploiting dynamic asynchronous, parallelism. The current release runs on symmetric multiprocessor machines that support Posix threads, GNU make, and gcc. You can also run Cilk on uniprocessor machines, which is useful for development and debugging, although you won't get any parallel speedup. According to cilk, a programmer should structure a program to expose parallelism and exploit locality, leaving the runtime system to schedule the computation to run efficiently. Thus, the runtime system handles details like load balancing, paging, and communication protocols. Unlike other multithreaded languages, however, cilk is algorithmic in that the runtime system guarantees efficient and predictable performance.





Licensing

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Janet Casey

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31 January 2001




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Matteo Frigo Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
HelpMailing List Info/Archivehttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cilk-announce
Bug Tracking,Developer,SupportMailing List Info/Archivehttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cilk-users


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Weak prerequisiteGNU binutils
Required to buildGNU make




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