FortranM is a

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for modular

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.''Patterns for Parallel Software Design'' by Jorge Luis Ortega-Arjona 2010 page 22 Its syntax is based on Fortran but has additional elements such as channels and ports for communication between processes. The language was designed by

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's group at

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, along with an Argonne national labs team. Argonne national labs FortranM
/ref> The compiler for the language is freely available from Argonne labs. In FortranM processes communicate by sending and receiving messages on channels. Processes and channels can be dynamically created, but programs remain deterministic.

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