TPML: Parallel Meta Language for Scientific and Engineering Computations using Transputers

The experience with the transputer implementation of parallel processing algorithms, in the field of real-time process control, has led to the development of a parallel meta language (TPML) which offers a generic tool for programming transputer platforms. The meta language complies with the Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) processing model proposed by Valiant [1], and it is seen as a prototype for implementations on other distributed hardware architectures. This paper argues that the TPML offers a simple, yet general, solution to the problems associated with programming parallel hardware architectures.