Visual Language for Parallel, Object-Oriented Programming

摘要

This paper introduces the HiPPO (High Performance Parallel Object-oriented) language. HiPPO is unique in its combination of a visual syntax with an object-oriented computation model based on the flow of object references. The paper describes some of the notations used in the language with particular emphasis on the features provided to support the exploitation of parallelism. Aspects of the runtime support for HiPPO programs will also be described.