C*

(language, parallel)An object-oriented, data-parallelsuperset of ANSI C with synchronous semantics, for theConnection Machine, designed by Thinking Machines, 1987.C* adds a "domain" data type and a selection statement forparallel execution in domains.

An unimplemented language called "Parallel C" influenced the design of C*. Dataparallel-C was based onC*.

Latest version: 6.x, as of 1993-07-27.

["C*: An Extended C Language for Data Parallel Programming",J.R. Rose et al, Proc Second Intl Conf on Supercomputing,L.P. Kartashev et al eds, May 1987, pp 2-16].

["C* Programming Manual", Thinking Machines Corp, 1986].

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Definition

C*➣Critical Concentration (concentration at which intermolecular interaction occurs)