As High Performance Fortran (HPF) is being both developed and redesigned by the HPF Forum, it is important to provide comprehensive criteria for analyzing HPF features. This paper presents such criteria related to three aspects: adequacy to applications, aesthetic and soundness in a language, and implementability. Some features already in HPF or being currently discussed are analyzed according ...

The early 1970s were a time of great optimism for researchers in the field of medical artificial intelligence. The initial successes of systems such as MYCIN, CASNET, and the Leeds abdominal pain system made it reasonable to assume that it was only a matter of time until computers became a standard part of physicians’ diagnostic armamentarium. Over the past few years, the emphasis in clinical d...

type structures The concept of using extended types (such as illustrated by Simula classes,18 CLU clusters,19 Alphard forms,7 or Euclid modules) to organize software is quite valuable. However, Janson15 points out that most efforts to employ strict type extension methods in programming are done with the underlying assumption of unlimited quantities of resources available. In the internal struct...

As High Performance Fortran (HPF) is being both developed and redesigned by the HPF Forum, it is important to provide comprehensive criteria for analyzing HPF features. This paper presents such criteria related to three aspects: adequacy to applications, aesthetic and soundness in a language, and implementability. Some features already in HPF or being currently discussed are analyzed according ...