Parallel Object Oriented Implementation of a 2D Bounded Electrostatic Plasma PIC Simulation
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We discuss the software development issues involved in designing parallel programs using object oriented techniques. Simulations involving 1D and 2D Particle In Cell plasma codes illustrate how C++ programs can eeectively describe complex simulations while performing with reasonable eeciency when compared to the equivalent Fortran programs. The scalable object oriented modeling techniques closely match the physical view of the problem, thus supporting modiiability and portability of the code. Selection of a parallel programming paradigm must consider the important factors of eeciency of the computation and the programming implementation eeort. C++ and Fortran implementation paradigms are compared and discussed from this point of view.
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