Guess y'all saw this: http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1010_3-6137770.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
So much for Fortress, I guess. Fortress is Sun's we-can-do-HPC-because-Java-ain't-it language. I rather like the looks of IBM's effort, X10, in spite of the fact it superficially resembles Java. I suppose it will eventually target the Cell processor but also I like it because it reminds me of Swarm (e.g. `clocks'). http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/x10.index.html Also, Cray's got some cool compiler technology, so I fully expect Chapel (http://chapel.cs.washington.edu) will be realized too. (Geez, they better, with each of these companies getting $250 million.) ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
