C*
| Paradigm | multi-paradigm: object-oriented, imperative, parallel |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Thinking Machines |
| Developer | Thinking Machines |
| First appeared | 1987 |
| Stable release | 6.x (August 27, 1993)
/ August 27, 1993 |
| Typing discipline | static, weak, manifest |
| OS | Connection Machine |
| Influenced by | |
| Parallel C, ANSI C | |
| Influenced | |
| Dataparallel-C | |
C* is an object-oriented, data-parallel superset of ANSI C with synchronous semantics, for the Connection Machine, designed by Thinking Machines, 1987. C* adds a "domain" data type and a selection statement for parallel execution in domains.
An unimplemented language called "Parallel C" influenced the design of C*. Dataparallel-C was based on C*.
The latest version of C* as of 27 August 1993 is 6.x.
References
- C*: An Extended C Language for Data Parallel Programming, J. R. Rose et al., in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Supercomputing, L. P. Kartashev et al. eds, May 1987, pp 2–16.
- C* Programming Manual, Thinking Machines Corporation, 1986.
- The Art of Parallel Programming (2nd Ed.), B. P. Lester, 1st World Publishing, 2006. (A downloadable version of the "C* Compiler and Parallel Computer Simulation System" is available at the publisher's Web site.)
This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.
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