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<p>SISAL (Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language) is a <a href="/facts/General-purpose_programming_language/LyA5zR3M">general-purpose</a> <a href="/facts/Single_assignment/kLevAoyJ">single assignment</a> <a href="/facts/Functional_programming/cdxqPEIM">functional</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> with <a href="/facts/Strict_semantics/Fc6PYymI">strict semantics</a>, <a href="/facts/Implicit_parallelism/cLErkfUt">implicit parallelism</a>, and efficient <a href="/facts/Array_(data_structure)/BKGvF8AM">array</a> handling. </p><p>SISAL outputs a <a href="/facts/Dataflow/jea04eH2">dataflow</a> graph in Intermediary Form 1 (IF1). It was derived from the Value-oriented Algorithmic Language (VAL), designed by <a href="/facts/Jack_Dennis/MnReKxax">Jack Dennis</a>, and adds <a href="/facts/Recursion/CxSKxJoW">recursion</a> and finite streams. It has a <a href="/facts/Pascal_(programming_language)/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a>-like syntax and was designed to be a common <a href="/facts/High-level_programming_language/smjECUhx">high-level programming language</a> for numerical programs on a variety of <a href="/facts/Multiprocessing/aDCfehDQ">multiprocessors</a>. </p>