From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 15 Dec 92 15:31:41 GMT From: enterpoop.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!news.cerf.net!nic.cerf.net! jonesm@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Jones) Subject: Re: Ada on massively parallel supercomputer Message-ID: <1gktotINNg2m@news.cerf.net> List-Id: In article <1992Dec14.095348.36617@uservx.plk.af.mil> zetocha@uservx.plk.af.mil writes: % I am in the process of developing parallelized neural network %algorithms using Ada. I would like to do some testing on a Massively %Parallel Supercomputer, but I'm having trouble locating an MP computer %which has a parallel Ada compiler. Does anyone know where I might find %such a beast to buy time off of? Boy I'm sure everyone would like to know of such exists. You did not say whether you want MIMD or SIMD. My understanding is that it would be very difficult to build a validated Ada compiler for an SIMD computer (how to handle exceptions in a parallel for is given as an example). Also would you want to use parallel tasking? Let us all know what you find. Matthew Jones jonesm@cerf.net