Description #
Chapel (Cascade High Productivity Language) is a parallel programming language designed for high-performance computing and scalable distributed systems. It aims to make parallel programming more productive and accessible.
History #
Chapel was initiated in 2004 by Cray Inc. as part of the DARPA High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) program. It has since evolved as an open-source language maintained by the Chapel team at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Chapel was designed to support both local and distributed parallelism with a strong focus on productivity.
Hello World Code #
writeln("Hello, World!");How to Run #
Option 1: Online
https://chapel-lang.org/tryit/
Option 2: Local
Install via Homebrew (macOS/Linux):
brew install chapelCompile and run:
chpl hello.chpl
./helloKey Concepts #
- C-style syntax with high-level abstractions
- Statically typed with type inference
- Designed for parallel and distributed computing
- Supports data and task parallelism
- Has built-in domain maps and distributions
- Allows local and remote memory access
- Portable across platforms and clusters
- Interoperable with C libraries
- Includes rich standard modules
- Targeted at HPC (High Performance Computing) environments
Try It Online #
Fun Facts #
- Chapel was one of the few HPCS languages to survive beyond the DARPA initiative.
- It combines ideas from Python, C, and Fortran.
- Its parallel constructs are used in advanced computing clusters and supercomputers.
