A multi-processor Estelle to C compiler to experiment distributed algorithms on parallel machines

International audienceThis paper presents a first attempt to generate parallel code from Estelle descriptions. We have dealt with a simple context in which only a static subset of Estelle and an homogeneous target machine are considered. We begin to present and justify the concept of experimentation on distributed algorithms for which our Estelle compiler has been designed. Then we discuss how the Estelle constructs are mapped onto C structures and how they are interpreted by a distributed runtime kernel. A technical annex gives an idea of the current version of the tool, named Echidna