language, compiler A software emulator for parallel random

access machine (PRAM) and a parallel Modula-2 compiler for

the emulator. pm2 programming language is Modula-2/Pascal

mixture having extensions for parallel execution in a PRAM.

Parallelism is expressed by pardo-loop-structure. Additional

features include private/shared variables, two synchronisation

strategies, load balancing and parallel dynamic memory

allocation.