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HPX is a C++ Standards Library for Concurrency and Parallelism. It
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implements all of the corresponding facilities as defined by the
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C++ Standard. Additionally, in HPX we implement functionalities
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proposed as part of the ongoing C++ standardization process. We also
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extend the C++ Standard APIs to the distributed case.
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The goal of HPX is to create a high quality, freely available, open
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source implementation of a new programming model for conventional
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systems, such as classic Linux based Beowulf clusters or multi-socket
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highly parallel SMP nodes. At the same time, we want to have a very
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modular and well designed runtime system architecture which would
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allow us to port our implementation onto new computer system
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architectures. We want to use real world applications to drive the
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development of the runtime system, coining out required
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functionalities and converging onto a stable API which will provide
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a smooth migration path for developers.
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The API exposed by HPX is not only modelled after the interfaces
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defined by the C++11/14 ISO standard, it also adheres to the
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programming guidelines used by the Boost collection of C++ libraries.
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We aim improve the scalability of today's applications and to expose
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new levels of parallelism which are necessary to take advantage of
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the exascale systems of the future.
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