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Programming method for concurrent programs and program supporting apparatus thereof

US5860009A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1995
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3696
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for supporting parallelization according to the invention is characterized by comprising a serialization unit for converting a first concurrent program having a concurrent structure into a sequential program capable of being sequentially executed, a debugging unit for debugging the sequential program and forming debugging information, and a concurrent program programming unit for performing parallelization of the debugged sequential program on the basis of the debugging information to convert the sequential program into a second concurrent program. With above configuration, the debugging unit includes a unit for introducing information associated with concurrency to the sequential program.

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