Automatic Creation of Parallel Programs from Ada

Parallel programs can be written in Ada in many ways. Both the original Ada standard and the newer Ada/9X standard include specifications for parallel and distributed computing. Another possibility would be to use nonstandard subroutine libraries which implement alternative parallel programming models. However, in all of these cases, humans are requited to create, debug, and maintain the parallel application. ParaSoft seeks to automate this process by using technology proven successful in parallelizing both C and Fortran programs. The complexities of the Ada language and the desire to conform in some manner to the evolving Ada standards require that effort be made to understand the various ways in which Ada programs can be parallelized and the parallelization tools be capable of generating customized Ada code.