NHSE Software Catalog

VPE (Visual Parallel Programming Environment)

url

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~newton/vpe/vpe.html

record_maintainer

Peter Newton <newton@cs.utexas.edu>

date_of_information

Wed Jun 14 10:43:19 1995

lifn

lifn:netlib:3cf561b2087ef69d8510c03dbe931593

review_level

Partially reviewed

version

0.3a

pubdate

30 may 1995

author

Peter Newton <newton@cs.utexas.edu>

contact

Peter Newton <newton@cs.utexas.edu>

abstract

VPE is an integrated environment for explicit message-passing
parallel programming. Program task structure is specified
via a graph in which nodes represent tasks and messages flow
on arcs. Tasks are specified as ordinary C or Fortran with
VPE library calls. VPE also automates compiling and running
programs, even in a heterogeneous environment. VPE is built
on top of PVM.

keywords

parallel programming environment

environment

VPE runs on UNIX workstations under X. The programs it
produces run on networks of UNIX workstations under PVM 3.3.
PVM 3.3 is required as well as Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 if you
choose to compile VPE. Binaries are available for common
UNIX workstations. A C compiler is required. Fortran is
optional.

comments

Papers, manuals, and references to related projects are
available from the VPE home page.