The BSMLlib library v 0.2

Description:

The BSMLlib library is a functional programming library for the Objective Caml  language for direct-mode BSP (Bulk Synchronous Parallel) algorithms. It has been developped as part of our research program to investigate paradigms for functional parallel programming as special cases of standard semantics. The underlying assumption is that (efficient) parallel algorithms are special cases of (efficient) sequential algorithms and that using concurrent extensions of sequential languages to express them is both useless and harmful.

BSMLlib v 0.2 uses any MPI library. It is portable to any architecture which supports both Objective Caml and an MPI library. This new version has improved primitives, an improved standard library and is faster than version 0.1.

Online manual:

• BSMLlib 0.2 Reference Manual

Download:

• bsmllib-0.2.tar.gz
• bsmllib-0.2_manual.dvi
• bsmllib-0.2_manual.ps.gz
• bsmllib-0.2_manual.pdf
• bsmllib-0.2_manual_html.tar.gz

Examples and Applications:

• Prototype of a Bulk Synchronous Categorical Abstract Machine in BSMLlib: minibsml-0.11.tar.gz. The companion paper is GLD2003:SNPD (and the research report TR-2002-20).
• ... coming soon

Other ressources:

• The BSMLlib library is used for an introduction on parallel programming at the University of Orléans (in french)
• The BSMLlib library is used for an introduction on parallel programming at the University of Paris 12

Sucessfully installed and tested on the following machines (ocaml 3.00 or higher):

Links

• The Clic Mandrake linux distribution for clusters (which is particularly well suited for BSMLlib because it contains ocaml 3.06 and MPICH)
• A certified subset of BSMLlib
• The MPICH library.
• The LAM MPI library.
• The bsmllib version 0.1