The Fortran M Language

We now proceed to a more complete description of the Fortran M extensions to Fortran 77 , summarized in Figure 1.

 
Figure 1: Fortran M Extensions 

• Processes and Ports
• Creating Channels and Processes
  • The CHANNEL Statement
  • The Process Block
  • The Process Do-Loop
• Determinism
• Communication
  • SEND and ENDCHANNEL
  • RECEIVE
• Variable-Sized Messages
• Communication Examples
• Dynamic Channel Structures
• Argument Passing
• Nondeterministic Computations
  • The MERGER Statement
  • The PROBE Statement
• Mapping
  • Virtual Computers
  • Process Placement
  • Submachines