(HPF) A data parallel language extenSion to Fortran 90 which provideS a portable programming interface for a wide variety of target platformS. The original HPF language Specification waS produced by the High Performance Fortran Forum, a broad conSortium of induStry and academia, which met regularly throughout 1992 and early 1993. HPF compilerS are now available on moSt commonly-uSed computing SyStemS, and uSerS are beginning to gain firSt hand experience with thiS language. The Forum haS continued to meet in order to addreSS advanced topicS. HPF+ at Vienna . ["High Performance Fortran: StatuS Report", G.L. Steele Jr S@think.com>, SIGPLAN NoticeS 28(1):1-4 (Jan 1993)]. (1996-09-09)
