HPF-BUILDER - A VISUAL ENVIRONMENT TO TRANSFORM FORTRAN-90 CODES TO HPF

Fortran 90 is the actual standard in terms of data parallel language f or scientific computing. To develop a data parallel algorithm on a dis tributed memory machine, programmers generally use the High Performanc e Fortran (HPF) extension of Fortran 90, in particular the data-mappin g directives. The goal of the HPF-Builder graphical environment is to free the HPF programmers of all the syntactic constraints due to the d ata mapping. All the data distribution and alignment are insured in an interactive and visual way. HPF templates and processors become the v isual support for alignments of arrays and distributions on grids of p rocessors. HPF-Builder automatically generates the corresponding HPF d irectives and inserts them in the Fortran 90 source code, which result s in an HPF code.