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Fortran at ten gigaflops: the connection machine convolution compiler

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PLDI '91: Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1991 conference on Programming language design and implementation

Pages 145 - 156

https://doi.org/10.1145/113445.113458

Published: 01 May 1991 Publication History

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Fortran at ten gigaflops: the connection machine convolution compiler
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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PLDI '91: Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1991 conference on Programming language design and implementation

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ISBN:0897914287

DOI:10.1145/113445

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 26, Issue 6
June 1991
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DOI:10.1145/113446
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