A meta-level architecture for C++ parallel distributed programming environment

A meta-level architecture for a C++ parallel distributed programming environment is designed. The meta-level architecture provides a meta view that makes possible to implement a C++ source-to-source translator for such an environment. The meta-level architecture consists of a translation class library using syntax tree objects and data type objects. In this paper, as a motivating example for the design, an extended C++ that supports distributed objects and remote invocation is introduced. To demonstrate the expressive power of the meta-level architecture, the framework and a code fragment of the source-to-source translator for the extended C++ are shown.