Swift/T Quick Start

Swift/T is an implicitly parallel programming language for composing external functions and command-line executables into massively parallel applications. The external functions may be calls to external programs, libraries, or scripting languages (via embedded interpreters) Thus, it is a workflow language for extreme-scale computing, capable of executing very large numbers (trillions) of tasks at high rates across the largest supercomputers.

Swift/T runs as an MPI program, and is compatible with Cray and IBM supercomputers, as well as PBS, SLURM, LSF, or Cobalt clusters, and can also run on a laptop (Linux or Mac).

Swift/T may be installed following one of these methods:

• Spack

  $ spack install stc

• Conda

  $ conda install -c lightsource2-tag swift-t

• Debian (Ubuntu) packages

• A script (build-swift-t.sh) that automates the configure/make process

• A configure/make source build (recommended for exotic systems)

Installation notes are here: http://swift-lang.github.io/swift-t/guide.html#_installation

Links

• The Swift/T front page

• Swift/T Downloads

• The Swift/T Guide: manual for the language and runtime

• The Sites Guide: guidance for building and running Swift/T on various systems

• The Developers' Guide: guidance for developers who wish to extend or modify Swift/T