Mentat

Mentat is an object oriented parallel processing system developed at the University of Virginia. The programming language, MPL, is a C++ extension. The extensions allow the user to specify those classes that are sufficiently computationally complex to warrant parallel execution. Instances of those classes are treated differently by the compiler. Each instance has an associated thread of control and a unique address space. Member function execution is performed asynchronously. Object scheduling, argument marshalling, communication, and synchronization are manage by the compiler and run-time system.

• Web Page : http://uvacs.cs.virginia.edu/~mentat/
• FTP Server: uvacs.cs.virginia.edu
• Electronic mail: mentat@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu
• Bibliography:
  • The Mentat Research Group. Mentat 2.8 Programming Language Reference Manual. Technical report, University of Virginia, June 1994.
  • The Mentat Research Group. Mentat 2.8 Tutorial. Technical report, University of Virginia, June 1994.

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