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SCAI Offers Free 4-Processor Versions Of TCP Linda

Scientific Computing Associates Inc (SCAI), a commercial provider of parallel and distributed computing software, is releasing 4-processor versions of TCP Linda, free of charge, to celebrate the company's 25th Anniversary. This fully functional TCP Linda system, SCAI's flagship offering, available for download at www.lindaspaces.com, allows users to "parallelize" any program written in C using just a few commands.

TCP Linda, a proven industry standard for parallel programming, is well known for reliability, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and simplicity. TCP Linda is built on the original Linda, the revolutionary computer language that was the brainchild of famed Yale computer science professor, David Gelernter. TCP Linda's ease of use, as compared to other paradigms such as message passing, is the answer to today's need for more productive development time now that relatively inexpensive hardware has made distributed and Grid computing the programming environments of choice.

SCAI is also making available the complete Linda manual as well as the classic text, "How to Write Parallel Programs: A First Course." The text, written by Gelernter and Nicholas Carriero, presents a framework for parallel programming based on the Linda tuplespace concept.

"Productivity and efficiency are the goals now that parallel processing has moved into the mainstream of computing," said Gelernter, SCAI senior fellow. "Productivity and efficiency require parallel programming tools that are powerful but simple to use. Linda is the answer."