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Parallel performance tool for Pascal, it s a small code.

       This disk contains the Multi-Pascal Interpreter and Debugging  Tool 
  intended  to accompany the textbook "The Art of Parallel Programming" by 
  Bruce  P.  Lester,  Prentice  Hall,  Englewood  Cliffs,  NJ  07632.  The 
  interpreter allows Multi-Pascal programs to be checked for syntax errors 
  and  executed to see if they produce the desired results.  The debugging 
  tool allows the programmer  to  interactively  set  breakpoints  in  the 
  Multi-Pascal program,  examine the value of variables, keep track of the 
  status of parallel processes, and monitor the performance of the program 
  as a whole.  The user may specify some  characteristics  of  the  target 
  parallel computer architecture, including whether it is a multiprocessor 
  or multicomputer.  A complete user's manual for this software package is 
  found in Appendix B of the textbook. 

      The executable file "MULTI.EXE" on this disk should run on  any  IBM 
  PC-compatible  with  the  MS-DOS  operating  system and at least 450K of 
  memory.  To start the program,  simply type the command MULTI after  the 
  DOS  prompt.  The  software  will  prompt  the  user for the name of the 
  Multi-Pascal  program  file.   This  Multi-Pascal  program  must  be  an 
  ordinary  ASCII file,  and can be created using any PC text editor.  For 
  technical assistance with this software,  contact Dr.  Bruce  Lester  at 
  the   following   address:   Computer   Science  Department,   Maharishi 
  International University, 1000 N. 4th St., Fairfield, Iowa 52557.