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Considerations for the design of array processing languages
Author(s) -
Perrott R. H.,
Stevenson D. K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380110704
Subject(s) - fortran , computer science , vector processor , plan (archaeology) , scale (ratio) , array processing , programming language , array data structure , computer hardware , signal processing , digital signal processing , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , history
This paper summarizes the major results of a formal survey of array processor users and indicates how these results were used in the design of a language suitable for array and vector processors. A comparison is also given with an informal survey of other large‐scale computer users, which concluded that the best plan was to extend Fortran 77 to meet the requirements for array processing.