Anahy
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One of the  main problems found  when exploring parallel architectures on  high
performance  computing  (HPC) is  the  lack of tools  adequated for programming
applications. The desired attributes on these tools include efficient execution,
comfortable utilization and portability.  Looking for filling  these attributes, 
we present Anahy, an environment for parallel programming capable of performing
task scheduling and load balance.

This release targets SMP machines, by offering a M:N thread library. The use of
Anahy is not different from a programmer's perspective than LinuxThreads. Anahy
has just two steps in addition to LinuxThreads  programming, due to the need to
initialize and finish the engine, responsible for managing virtual processors.

A simple example of its use is shown below:

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#include <athread.h>

void *function(void *data_in)
{
	// perform the thread specific operations
	athread_exit(NULL);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	athread_t tid;

	// initialize the Anahy engine
	aInit(&argc, &argv);
	
	// create and join a thread
	athread_create(&tid, NULL, function, NULL);
	athread_join(tid, NULL);

	// free resources used by the Anahy engine
	aTerminate();

	return 0;
}

So, Anahy keeps POSIX' PThreads interface. Further examples can be seen on
the 'examples' subdirectory.

Feel free to contact us for ideas, suggestions and bug reports. Emails can
be found on the AUTHORS file.

Thanks,
The Anahy Team.