High-performance language interoperability for scientific computing through Babel

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-274

  Epperly, Thomas G W ^a   Kumfert, Gary ^a   Dahlgren, Tamara ^a   Ebner, Dietmar ^a   Leek, Jim ^a   Prantl, Adrian ^a   Kohn, Scott ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babel; distributed computing; high performance computing; language interoperability; object oriented; remote method invocation; scientific computing

Indexed keywords

BABEL; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; LANGUAGE INTEROPERABILITY; OBJECT ORIENTED; REMOTE METHOD INVOCATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEMANTICS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84863675683     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342011414036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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