parmacs

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

PARMACS

   The "Argonne macros" from {Argonne National Laboratory}.  A
   package of {macros} written in {m4} for portable {parallel
   programming}, using {monitors} on {shared memory} machines,
   and {message passing} on {distributed memory} machines.

   [E. Lusk et al, "Portable Programs for Parallel Processors",
   HRW 1987. p4].

   (ftp://research.att.com/netlib/parmacs).