Publication for WG14 (N2017)

Author: nelsc

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 \textbf{Reply to:} & Clark Nelson
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 \bfseries
-Programming languages --- C --- \\
-Extensions for parallel programming
+Programming language C --- \\
+Extensions for parallel programming --- \\
+Part 1: Thread-based parallelism
 }
 
-This is the latest working draft of the CPLEX study group.
+{\large
+The contents of this document match
+the Working Draft of the CPLEX study group adopted on 2016-03-07.
+Only the document identification and title page have been changed.
+
+The consensus of the study group is that this document is ready
+to be transferred to WG14 for further processing
+to produce a Technical Specification.
+However, the study group does not believe its work is done.
+
+This document describes only parallel execution
+that uses multi-processor/multi-core technology.
+The study group believes that further work needs to be done
+to support SIMD/vector technology.
+A goal is that a SIMD parallel loop could be expressed
+in terms almost identical to a parallel loop in this document,
+just by varying a keyword or two.
+Arithmetic on array sections, much as in Fortran,
+could also provide better support for SIMD technology.
+Support for GPGPU technology is also desirable,
+but may be more of a challenge.
+
+The title of this document has been changed
+to better align the expectations of the reader
+with those of the study group.
+However, it should be understood that full planning
+for an ISO/IEC multipart Technical Specification ---
+including determining the title and scope of each part in advance ---
+has not yet been done.
+}
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