High Performance Fortran Migration (HPF

High Performance FORTRAN (HPF), as specified by the High Performance Fortran Forum in the course of 1992, addresses the problem of writing portable programs for architectures where the distribution of data may significantly impact performance. HPF defines a broad range of language extensions for FORTRAN, which are hoped to become widely supported by compilers for a range of architectures. A subset of the full extended language has also been specified ( ae HPF), to enable some of the most pertinent features to be made more widely and rapidly available by early compilers for experimentation. CM-FORTRAN, as currently provided for the Connection Machine, embodies many of the language features specified in ae HPF. CMF may therefore provide a useful migration path for applications ultimately intending to utilise HPF in the interim period until ae HPF compilers become commonly available. This technical note lists the CMF features whose use is encouraged, since they have the same functionality..