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ICC++ - A C++ dialect for high performance parallel computing

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ICC++ is a new concurrent C++ dialect which supports a single source code for sequential and parallel program versions, the construction of concurrent data abstractions, convenient expression of irregular and fine-grained concurrency, and high performance implementations. ICC++ programs are annotated with potential concurrency, facilitating both sharing source with sequential programs and automatic grain size tuning for efficient execution. Concurrency control is at the object level; each object ensures the consistency of its own state. This consistency can be extended over larger data abstractions. Finally, ICC++ integrates arrays into the object system and the concurrency model. In short, ICC++ addresses concurrency and its relation to abstractions — whether they are implemented by single objects, several objects, or object collections. The design of the language, its rationale, and current status are all described.

The research described in this paper was supported in part by NSF grants CCR-9209336 and MIP-92-23732, ONR grants N00014-92-J-1961 and N00014-93-1-1086 and NASA grant NAG 1-613. Andrew Chien is supported in part by NSF Young Investigator Award CCR-94-57809. Uday S. Reddy is supported by the National Science Foundation, grant NSF-CCR-93-03043

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Chien, A.A., Reddy, U.S., Plevyak, J., Dolby, J. (1996). ICC++ - A C++ dialect for high performance parallel computing. In: Futatsugi, K., Matsuoka, S. (eds) Object Technologies for Advanced Software. ISOTAS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1049. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60954-7_45

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