the force

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

The Force

   A {data parallel} language by Harry Jordan
   <[email protected]> which extends {Fortran} for
   {shared memory} {multiprocessors}.  It features parallel
   "case" statements and {critical sections}.

   ["The Force", H. Jordan, in "The Characteristics of Parallel
   Algorithms", L. Jamieson et al eds, MIT Press 1987,
   pp. 395-436].

   (1994-12-14)