(20) A Pattern-Oriented Visual Parallel Programming Environment

[Software Features]

KLIEG is a visual parallel programming environment in which a
parallel program is developed by editing visuals (e.g., icons
representing processes and lines representing streams) on the screen
and which can be executed after being translated into KL1 codes. The
execution process is animated by the KLIEG tracer.

The most significant feature of the KLIEG environment is its support for
pattern-oriented parallel programming. Syntactically, a pattern is a
process diagram with some unspecified portions. Semantically, a pattern
keeps design information, which is useful for not only software
engineering purposes but also visualization of parallel program
execution and run-time resource allocations.  Basically, a pattern is
defined by an expert designer and used later by (possibly novice)
programmers. The KLIEG provides a neat graphical user interface both
for designers and programmers.

[Required Environment]

We confirmed our software can run on SparcStation 10/20s with
Solaris 2.5J, KLIC-2.002, Amulet-2.0, gcc-2.7.2, and libg++-2.7.1
(optionally Rie-1.0.6, flex-2.5.3).  We expect our software can
run on other unix boxes possibly with minor modifications.

[File Configuration]

README-J
README-E

Directories for Source File

Makefile
editor/
tracer/
examples/

Document Directory

manual/

Patch file for Amulet 2.0

Patch-for-Amulet.patch

[FTP]

• README
• Program and Documents in Japanese 409[K]