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COMpute ParallEL

(language)

(Compel) The first single-assignment language.

["A Language Design for Concurrent Processes", L.G. Tesler et al, Proc SJCC 32:403-408, AFIPS (Spring 1968)].

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Compel
cooperative processing
instruction-level parallelism
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parallel computer
parallel processing
parallelism
parallelizing

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