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EXTRINSIC s may contain:
- a super-efficient message passing kernel,
- calls to library functions,
- an interface to a package,
- calls to `trusty' old code,
- calls to a different language,
- code which requires no synchronisation.
An extrinsic may be used to call any piece of code written in any
language which performs any task as long as the compiler supports that
interface.
Calls could be made to specialist sequential libraries such as the NAg
FORTRAN 77 or Fortran 90 libraries.
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Adam Marshall ©University of Liverpool, 1996
Fri Dec 6 15:03:35 GMT 1996Not for commercial use.