High-Level Parallel Software Development with Python and BSP
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چکیده
One of the main obstacles to a more widespread use of parallel computing in science is the difficulty of implementing, testing, and maintaining parallel programs. The combination of a simple parallel computation model, BSP, and a high-level programming language, Python, simplifies these tasks significantly. It allows the rapid development facilities of Python to be applied to parallel programs, providing interactive development as well as interactive debugging of parallel code.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Parallel Processing Letters
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003