<s>
C*	B-Language
(	O
or	O
C-star	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
,	O
data-parallel	O
superset	O
of	O
ANSI	O
C	O
with	O
synchronous	O
semantics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1987	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
language	O
to	O
*	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
and	O
CM-Fortran	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Connection	I-Device
Machine	I-Device
CM-2	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
C*	B-Language
adds	O
to	O
C	O
a	O
"	O
domain	O
"	O
data	O
type	O
and	O
a	O
selection	O
statement	O
for	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
execution	O
in	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
CM-2	O
models	O
the	O
C*	B-Language
compiler	O
translated	O
the	O
code	O
into	O
serial	O
C	O
,	O
calling	O
PARIS	O
(	O
Parallel	B-Operating_System
Instruction	O
Set	O
)	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
passed	O
the	O
resulting	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
front	O
end	O
computer	O
's	O
native	O
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
executables	O
were	O
executed	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
end	O
computer	O
with	O
PARIS	O
calls	O
being	O
executed	O
on	O
the	B-Device
Connection	I-Device
Machine	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
CM-5	B-Device
and	O
CM-5E	O
parallel	O
C*	O
Code	O
was	O
executed	O
in	O
a	O
SIMD	O
style	O
fashion	O
on	O
processing	O
elements	O
,	O
whereas	O
serial	O
code	O
was	O
executed	O
on	O
the	O
PM	O
(	O
Partition	O
Manager	O
)	O
Node	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
PM	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
front	O
end	O
"	O
if	O
directly	O
compared	O
to	O
a	O
CM-2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
C*	B-Language
as	O
of	O
27	O
August	O
1993	O
is	O
6.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unimplemented	O
language	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Parallel	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
"	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
Unified	B-Operating_System
Parallel	I-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
)	O
influenced	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
C*	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dataparallel-C	B-Language
was	O
based	O
on	O
C*	B-Language
.	O
</s>
