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Cilk

Cilk is a language for multithreaded parallel programming based on ANSI C. Cilk is designed for general-purpose parallel programming, but it is especially effective for exploiting dynamic, highly asynchronous parallelism.

Current Version:   5.3

License Type:   GPL

Home Site:
http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/cilk/

Source Code Availability:   Yes

Available Binary Packages:

  • Debian Package:   No
  • RedHat RPM Package:   No
  • Other Packages:   No

Targeted Platforms:

Unix SMPs supporting Posix threads. Tested on GNU/Linux, IRIX, Digital Unix and Solaris/SPARC soon.

Software/Hardware Requirements:

None

Other Links:
None

Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups:

http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/cilk/home/mailing-lists.html (Mailing list info)

User Comments:

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