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sisal

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sisal 
  n  1:  a  plant  fiber  used  for  making  rope  [syn:  {sisal  hemp}] 
  2:  Mexican  or  West  Indian  plant  with  large  fleshy  leaves 
  yielding  a  stiff  fiber  used  in  e.g.  rope  [syn:  {Agave 
  sisalana}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SISAL 
 
  Streams  and  Iteration  in  a  Single  Assignment  Language. 
 
  A  general-purpose  {single  assignment}  {functional  programming 
  language}  with  {strict}  semantics,  automatic  parallelisation 
  and  efficient  {array}s.  Outputs  a  dataflow  graph  in  {IF1} 
  (Intermediary  Form  1).  Derived  from  {VAL},  adds  {recursion} 
  and  finite  {stream}s.  {Pascal}-like  syntax.  Designed  to  be  a 
  common  high-level  language  for  numerical  programs  on  a  variety 
  of  {multiprocessor}s. 
 
  Implementations  exist  for  {Cray  X-MP},  {Cray  Y-MP},  {Cray-2}, 
  {Sequent},  {Encore  Alliant},  {dataflow}  architectures, 
  {transputer}s  and  {systolic  array}s. 
 
  Defined  in  1983  by  James  McGraw  et  al  {Manchester 
  University},  {Lawrence  Livermore  National  Laboratory}, 
  {Colorado  State  University}  and  {DEC}.  Revised  in  1985. 
  First  compiled  implementation  in  1986.  Performance  superior 
  to  {C}  and  competitive  with  {Fortran},  combined  with  efficient 
  and  automatic  parallelisation 
 
  Not  to  be  confused  with  {SASL}. 
 
  E-mail:  John  Feo  ,  Rod  Oldehoeft 
  . 
 
  David  C.  Cann  has  written  an  {Optimising  SISAL  Compiler 
  (ftp://sisal.llnl.gov/pub/sisal)}  (OSC)  which  attempts  to  make 
  efficient  use  of  {parallel  processors}  such  as  {Crays}. 
 
  Latest  version:  12.0,  SISAL  1.2. 
 
  ["A  Report  on  the  SISAL  Language  Project",  J.T.  Feo  et  al  J 
  Parallel  and  Distrib  Computing  10(4):349-366  (Dec  1990)]. 
 
  (2000-07-07) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SISAL 
  Streams  and  Iteration  in  a  Single-Assignment  Language




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