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MPD (programming language)
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<p><a href="/facts/Multithreaded_programming/hh8WHyPd">Multithreaded</a>, <a href="/facts/Parallel_programming_model/20l85p0g">Parallel</a>, and Distributed Programming (MPD) is a <a href="/facts/Concurrent_programming_language/yVzQBPr9">concurrent programming language</a> whose <a href="/facts/Syntax_(programming_languages)/zM5oInza">syntax</a> is derived from the one used in the book <i>Foundations of Multithreaded, Parallel, and Distributed Programming</i>. The name lists the distinguishing features of the <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">language</a>, namely that it supports all three of these concurrent programming techniques. </p><p>MPD is implemented as a variant of the <a href="/facts/SR_programming_language/8BFcqHr8">SR programming language</a>. It has a different <a href="/facts/Parser/nRKB01S3">parser</a>, but it uses the same intermediate form and run-time system as SR. Consequently, MPD provides the same variety of <a href="/facts/Concurrent_(programming)/nQzcpzQt">concurrent programming</a> mechanisms as does SR. </p><p>MPD programs can execute on single <a href="/facts/Computer_processor/Jxp1bqMV">processors</a>, <a href="/facts/Shared-memory/zmpH7WuV">shared-memory</a> <a href="/facts/Multiprocessor/aDCfehDQ">multiprocessors</a>, or clusters of (homogeneous) processors. The implementation transparently supports a variety of different kinds of processors and <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> systems. </p>