http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/ MC# programming language newsen-usVadim B. Guzev <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru> Vadim B. Guzev <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:29:00 GMT http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/logo/logo-100px.gif http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news20 For further information about MC# project evolution, please, visit sites [ http://www.parallelcsharp.com/ ] and [ http://www.mcsharp.net ] MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru> News {7648ab7-e88f-b451-98f9-3f93d8e98bc1} Wed, 28 Mar 2008 20:28:58 GMT http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news19 You like MC# project and would like to support it? Vote for it at http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-mcsharp-1413.html MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru> Vote for MC# {7648cb7-e88f-b451-98f9-3f93d8e98bc1} Sat, 29 Mar 2007 20:28:58 GMT http://u-pereslavl.botik.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news18MC#.MetaCluster Programming System v. 0.30 is available! This is our first public release of MC#.MetaCluster Runtime System. This system is intended for those of you who want to run MC# programs in distributed mode on several Linux clusters simultaneously. More information is available here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.metacluster.0.30/Release%20Notes.php ] MC#.MetaCluster system can be downloaded here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php ]MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{1842ea95-130d-fb7a-67b7-8cfb695a78b7}Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:30:17 GMThttp://u-pereslavl.botik.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news17We started migrating to MC# 2.0 grammar. In this release we changed the way how the channels are being transferred from one location to another one as a part of more complex objects. More information is available here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.4.6/1.4.6.php ] New version can be downloaded here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php ] MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{373c8c3e-87bf-27ea-84cb-44b940218c92}Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:18:33 GMThttp://u-pereslavl.botik.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news16We decided to change the meaning of acronym MC# to "Multiprocessor C#", because it better reflects the essense of the language rather than "Master of Ceremonies#". In this version we concentrated on installers an documentation improvements. The list of latest changes is available here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.4.5/1.4.5.php ] New version can be downloaded here [ http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php ]. MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{59da199a-d2fe-7707-7fe2-24a672d47a9}Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:49:58 GMThttp://u-pereslavl.botik.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news15The list of latest changes is available here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.4.4/1.4.4.php]. New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{ced48e7d-6c0b-6da8-68ad-b78cc1cec878}Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:57:09 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/index.php#news14New features: a) added support for async methods, which allows using MC# on multicore processors, more details... [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/async/asyncs.html] b) added Runtime API support, which allows using MC# Runtime in distributed mode from C# programs, more details... [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.4.3/1.4.3.php#runtimeapi] c) MC#-compier now supports interfaces, operators switch, throw and using from C# grammar. New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{b8677ad6-2c92-c0bc-c88d-4fd721964b6}Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:39:00 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news13In this version we added compiler support for namespaces, attributes, '?' operator, "lock", "delegate", "partial" and "base" keywords. Also in Linux version new colored console was added and we switched the underlying compiler from `mcs' to `gmcs'. MC# Compiler now supports bounds without synchronous method and parameters, like this: Channel x(int a) & Channel y() { Console.WriteLine( a ); } New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Our MC# submission to HPC Challenge Award Competition [http://www.hpcchallenge.org/] gained Best Student Paper [http://www.hpcchallenge.org/custom/index.html?lid=103&slid=212] award in Class 2 section (most "elegant" implementation of three or more of the HPC Challenge benchmarks with special emphasis being placed on: Global HPL, Global RandomAccess, EP STREAM (Triad) per system and Global FFT). You can see the original PowerPoint presentation here [http://www.hpcchallenge.org/presentations/sc2006/hpcchallenge_mcsharp.ppt]. The full source code of submitted examples is available here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/hpcchallenge/].MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>HPCChallenge{d0562e02-a34d-c40d-e784-c8b7dbd2a2a9}Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:37:30 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news12Two new articles were added in the Documentation section 1) MC# 2.0: a language for concurrent distributed programming based on .NET [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/mcsharp20/affiliated_final.pdf] .NET Technologies 2006, 4th International Conference, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic, May 29 - June 1, 2006, http://dotnet.zcu.cz. 2) A formal basis for the MC# programming language (Extended Abstract) [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/mcsharp20/Serdyuk_extended_abstract.pdf] - to appearMC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New articles{d74d5074-a074-7414-f827-a24a535c3cea}Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:28:11 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/#news11This build contains some bug fixes for version 0.1 and small enhancements like colored output. Now it is possible to use bounds like "int Get() & Channel x() {}", i.e. now it is possible to send empty objects through the channels. - MC#.Cluster - Compiler & Utils.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1.1/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Compiler%20&%20Utils.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Resource Manager.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1.1/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Resource%20Manager.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Work Node.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1.1/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Work%20Node.msi] New version of MC#.Cluster 1.17 for Linux is available! This version contains some bugfixes for version 1.16. Now it is possible to use bounds like "int Get() & Channel x() {}", i.e. now it is possible to send empty objects through the channels. New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Installation instructions can be found in "User's manual" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.17/readme.en.php].MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{408db879-35f4-f62-379d-5204e6b4959e}Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:25:26 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news10This build is the first attempt to migrate the previous version of MC# (0.0.13.3) to .Net 2.0 We made a lot of changes in the runtime and documentation, but no changes were made in the compiler yet (i.e. it still doesn't support generics or other C# 2.0 features) - MC#.Cluster 0.1 - Compiler & Utils.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1/MC%23.Cluster%200.1%20-%20Compiler%20&%20Utils.msi] - MC#.Cluster 0.1 - Resource Manager.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1/MC%23.Cluster%200.1%20-%20Resource%20Manager.msi] - MC#.Cluster 0.1 - Work Node.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.1/MC%23.Cluster%200.1%20-%20Work%20Node.msi] The Frequently Asked Questions [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/faqs/faq.en.php] section was updated. Also we created a document which describes how you can setup a shared folder [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/faqs/sharedfolder.en.php] as a separate disk in Windows Server 2003 with necessary permissions to execute MC# programs. Please, keep in mind that MC# is the research project and the grammar of MC# language is not fixed yet and constantly improves from version to version. Here you can find some thoughts about directions of further development of MC# language [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/thoughts/thoughts-12april.en.php].MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{c3919d8-e762-8a19-ca00-b8bad000485b}Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:23:31 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news9This build contains just some minor changes and bug fixes that are connected with using Windows Forms in MC# applications. We have included two WinForms examples to standard Windows tests: "Life" game of Convay and "Mandelbrot" set. Also we fixed some bugs in built-in documentation... - MC#.Cluster - Compiler & Utils.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13.3/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Compiler%20&%20Utils.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Resource Manager.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13.3/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Resource%20Manager.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Work Node.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13.3/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Work%20Node.msi]MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{77b655ac-4967-1b3d-8dc3-734313bc43c7}Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:19:22 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news81. MC#.Cluster 0.0.13 for Windows platform is released! This release consists of 3 installation packages: - MC#.Cluster - Compiler & Utils.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Compiler%20&%20Utils.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Resource Manager.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Resource%20Manager.msi] - MC#.Cluster - Work Node.msi [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/windows/0.0.13/MC%23.Cluster%20-%20Work%20Node.msi] Resource Manager and Compiler & Utils packages must be installed on the frontend machine of the cluster. Work Node package must be installed on the work nodes of the cluster. If you just want to estimate MC# language in local mode you can only install Compiler & Utils package - it already contains the Runtime system, compiler, utils and some documentation. Before the installation please make sure that Microsoft .Net 1.1 Framework [http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/] is installed on your machine. Please, note that compiler in this package is bound to Microsoft C# compiler (csc.exe) but not to the Mono C# compiler (mcs.exe). To install this software just follow the instructions of the installation wizards. 2. New version of MC#.Cluster 1.16 for Linux is released! MC# Compiler was written partially in Java with the help of ANTLR [http://antlr.org/]. So, in previous versions you had to install Java virtual machine in addition to Mono. Thanks to IKVM [http://www.ikvm.net/] you don't have to install Java VM anymore. Also now you can specify IP addresses in the list of machines in cluster - that can be extremely useful when each node has several IP addresses (for example, one IP for ordinary TCP/IP traffic and one for IP over SCI traffic). I.e. now you can easily use fast network adapters like SCI... New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Installation instructions can be found in "User's manual" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.16/readme.en.php]. 3. New articles Parallel programming in MC#: how to build a high-performance POVRAY application for one day... [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/povray/index.php], Technical Report Parallel programming in MC#: an experience of implementation of ALCMD molecular dynamics code [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/alcmd/index.php], Technical Report Architecture of MC# Runtime (Linux version) [in russian] [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/architecture/index.php], Technical ReportMC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{f55cacac-bfb3-e294-552c-d7e38cdb38f3}Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:17:32 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news7New version of MC#.Cluster 1.14 for Linux is released! Thanks to Maxim Kovalenko (aka MadMax) and Brian Clapper (http://www.clapper.org/bmc/) in this version we've fixed some bugs and implemented a new scheme of preloading clusters via truly Linux daemons. The time that it takes to initialize the session is now dramatically decreased. We've tested this runtime on hundreds of processors and it works very well! Try it out! New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Installation instructions can be found in "User's manual" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.14/readme.en.php]. MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{ece77540-be3e-dd0b-c73f-a4c651601eee}Tue, 03 May 2005 21:14:19 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news61. New articles а) "MC# : a language for concurrent distributed programming based on .NET" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/guzev.serdyuk.3/Guzev_Serdyuk_3.pdf], - submitted to the 3rd International Conference on .NET Technologies (.NET Technologies 2005), Plzen, Czech Republic. b) "The experience of using MC# for rendering 3D images" [in russian]" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/molodchenkov.serdyuk/], - submitted to XIV International Conference on mechanics and modern program systems (VMSPPS'2005), Alushta, Russia. 2. New applications - 3D-Rendering (ray-tracing) - [in russian] [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/ray.tracing/ray.tracing.php] - Implementation of fast convolution method for processing radar-tracking images 3. New version of MC#.Cluster 1.13 is released! In this version there were fixed some known bugs (mainly performance issues). Also we've added the possibility of configuring the way Runtime accesses other nodes (through rsh/ssh/...). New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Installation instructions can be found in "User's manual" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.13/readme.en.php]. 4. New direction We've created a new specification MC# Grid System Demo (in russian) [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/mcsharp.grid.system.demo/mcsharp.grid.system.demo.doc] that describes the way MC# language could be used for metacluster (GRID-)computing. As a demo application for this new system the problem of factorization of big numbers has been taken (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/grid/library/gr-factor/).MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{7bfdf117-48d4-8ff5-74ed-cfd69c57b43}Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:11:23 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news5We've started developing MC# in two branches: - MC#.Grid - Runtime systems and compilers for GRID-based systems; - MC#.Cluster - more simplified and fast, clusters-based systems. This version is the first effort in the second branch development. We've completely rewritten MC# Runtime system in this version. It has all advantages of the previous versions, but it is more reliable and stable. Also, we now have full support of transferring complex objects between cluster nodes. New version can be downloaded here [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/index.php]. Installation instructions can be found in "User's guide" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/mcsharp.cluster.1.12/readme.en.php]. MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>New release{911f4375-e3cb-c728-bccf-c651193477b8}Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:03:55 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news41. New MC# compiler is released for Linux and Windows platforms (version 1.2-16 for Windows and Linux). With the help of this compiler you can create executables that can be running either in distributed (on clusters) or local mode. Installation instructions can be found in "User's guide" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/v2.1.0/readme.en.php]. As the parallel fragments of the programs are executed in different threads, in local mode they effectively load the processors with SMP architecture (look at FibAdv program in "Examples" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/examples/index.html] section). 2. mcsboot and mcshalt utils were added for booting and halting of MC# Runtime system ("User's guide" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/downloads/runtime/v2.1.0/readme.en.php]). As the implementation of .NET platform we have taken version 0.29 of Mono platform [http://go-mono.com/] 3. New example of MC# program was added in "Examples" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/examples/index.html#google] section. This example demonstrates the usage of third-party components and web-services (e.g. Google Web-service) within MC# programs. The program can work on the group of computers with Internet access or in local mode. It's purpose - the parallel search of information in Internet throw the requests to Google Web-service and parallel data processing. 4. In sections "Documentation" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/index.html] and "Publications" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/articles.html] the following materials were added a) article about МС# language [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/pact/pact2003.pdf] from the International Conference "Parallel Computing Technologies'2003", N.Novgorod, september 2003. (in russian); b) the technical report "Mechanisms of objects interaction in parallel object-oriented programming language MC#" (in russian) [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/docs/cources/channels.in.MCSharp/]MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>Conferences{359c1458-386a-f8f5-9a6f-6f8bff2c50b4}Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:06:05 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news3MC# runtime has been ported to OS Linux ( RedHat 8.0 / 9.0 ). It was tested on Mono 0.28 [http://www.go-mono.com/] - new implementation of .Net platform. This is only a beta version of MC# runtime as the Mono 1.0 (that's supposed to be the complete implementation of .Net 1.0 specification) is planned to be available only at 2004 year (Look at Mono Roadmap [http://www.go-mono.com/mono-roadmap.html]). It's intended only for acquaintance with MC# language and principles of execution of MC#-programs on clusters. The main problems with version Mono 0.28 are connected with errors in implementation of class Socket and System.Threading library. Testing under Mono 0.29 (which is currently available at RedCarpet) is out next step in MC# Runtime development. Other lines of current work: 1) development of MC# compiler (only thread-based version for Windows is available at Download section currenly) 2) development of special methods of fast serialization (this version is using the standard BinaryFormatter serializer) 3) use of SCI-drivers (this version uses the standard Ethernet cards and TCP/IP protocol) and others... The set of examples (working at Linux- and Windows-based runtimes) is available at "Examples" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/examples] section. All comments, questions and suggestions are greately appreciated. You can write your notes in "Comments" [http://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/forms/comments/index.php] form.MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>News{b5c571b7-8e18-80b9-15fe-ffcadc159487}Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:04:06 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news2Microsoft Technologies in scientific researches and higher education http://research.microsoft.com/collaboration/university/europe/events/RCC/Russia/MC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>Conferences{e93b9f29-e232-d1e4-e005-c056413519a8}Sat, 14 Jun 2003 21:04:09 GMThttp://u.pereslavl.ru/~vadim/MCSharp/newsarchive.php#news1C# and .NET Technologies'2003 1st International Workshop on C# and .NET Technologies on Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Visualization, Distributed and WEB Computing http://wscg.zcu.cz/Rotor/C_NET_2003/MSR-Program.htmMC# Group <vadim@u.pereslavl.ru>Conferences{f8a66d49-843-be6-4d1d-43a018ef18e7}Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:04:11 GMT