I CAN HAS SUPERCOMPUTER? A Novel Approach to Teaching Parallel and Distributed Computing Concepts Using a Meme-Based Programming Language

摘要

A novel approach is presented to teach the parallel and distributed computingconcepts of synchronization and remote memory access. The single programmultiple data (SPMD) partitioned global address space (PGAS) model presented inthis paper uses a procedural programming language appealing to undergraduatestudents. We propose that the amusing nature of the approach may engendercreativity and interest using these concepts later in more sober environments.Specifically, we implement parallel extensions to LOLCODE within asource-to-source compiler sufficient for the development of parallel anddistributed algorithms normally implemented using conventional high-performancecomputing languages and APIs.