A software emulator for parallel random access machine (PRAM) and a parallel href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Modula-2">Modula-2 compiler for the emulator. pm2 programming language is Modula-2/Pascal mixture having extensions for parallel execution in a PRAM. Parallelism is expressed by pardo-loop-structure. Additional features include private/shared variables, two synchronisation strategies, load balancing and parallel dynamic memory allocation. href="ftp://cs.joensuu.fi/pub/Software/pram/">. E-mail: Simo Juvaste . (1997-06-04)