Chapel Programming and Parallel Computation: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

"Chapel Programming and Parallel Computation"

"Chapel Programming and Parallel Computation" is a definitive and comprehensive guide to mastering the Chapel programming language—a modern parallel language purpose-built to simplify and empower scalable software development. The book opens with an exploration of Chapel’s origins and design philosophy, providing historical context and technical motivation behind its unique abstractions for productive parallel programming. Grounded in the realities of today’s high-performance computing, it meticulously introduces readers to a broad spectrum of parallel programming models, semantic foundations, and practical installation strategies for diverse computing platforms.

Structured for both depth and clarity, the subsequent chapters traverse Chapel’s advanced type system, core language constructs, and robust mechanisms for expressing parallelism at both the task and data levels. Readers will discover nuanced guidance on synchronization, error handling, module design, and scalable data structures—equipping them to model, implement, and optimize complex concurrent algorithms and workflows. With specialized topics covering memory management, distributed data distribution, remote execution, and interoperability with C, Fortran, and Python, the book addresses the needs of professionals seeking both productivity and high performance in parallel software engineering.

Emphasizing actionable expertise, the text weaves together theory and practice through real-world case studies, performance engineering techniques, and rigorous debugging and testing methodologies for parallel software. It concludes by examining Chapel’s role within contemporary scientific applications, its growing open-source ecosystem, and the evolving landscape of parallel language research. Whether you are a researcher, developer, or architect, this book is an essential resource for harnessing Chapel’s full capabilities to meet the demands of scalable, reproducible, and resilient computation in modern computing environments.

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Release date

Ebook: 29 May 2025