[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sisal
     n 1: a plant fiber used for making rope syn: sisal hemp
     2: mexican or west indian plant with large fleshy leaves
        yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope syn: agave
        sisalana
see also:
sisal hemp agave sisalana 

[2] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

sisal
     streams and iteration in a single-assignment language
     
     

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

sisal
     
        streams and iteration in a single assignment language.
     
        a general-purpose single assignment functional programming
        language with strict semantics, automatic parallelisation
        and efficient arrays.  outputs a dataflow graph in if1
        intermediary form 1.  derived from val, adds recursion
        and finite streams.  pascal-like syntax.  designed to be a
        common high-level language for numerical programs on a variety
        of multiprocessors.
     
        implementations exist for cray x-mp, cray y-mp, cray-2,
        sequent, encore alliant, dataflow architectures,
        transputers and systolic arrays.
     
        defined in 1983 by james mcgraw et al, manchester
        university, lawrence livermore national laboratory,
        colorado state university and dec.  revised in 1985.
        first compiled implementation in 1986.  performance superior
        to c and competitive with fortran, combined with efficient
        and automatic parallelisation.
     
        not to be confused with sasl.
     
        e-mail: john feo , rod oldehoeft
        .
     
        david c. cann has written an optimising sisal compiler
        ftp://sisal.llnl.gov/pub/sisal osc which attempts to make
        efficient use of parallel processors such as crays.
     
        latest version: 12.0, sisal 1.2.
     
        "a report on the sisal language project", j.t. feo et al, j
        parallel and distrib computing 104:349-366 dec 1990.
     
        2000-07-07
     
     
see also:
single assignment functional programming language strict array if1 val 
recursion stream pascal multiprocessor cray x-mp 
cray y-mp cray-2 sequent encore alliant dataflow 
transputer systolic array manchester university lawrence livermore national laboratory colorado state university 
dec c fortran sasl lt;optimising sisal compilergt; parallel processors crays 

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