Explore the innovative approach to scalable parallel programming in this ACCU 2017 conference talk. Delve into the motivations behind Chapel, a general-purpose language designed to address the shortcomings of current parallel programming paradigms. Learn about Chapel's key features, including its focus on productivity, portability, and open-source nature. Discover how Chapel aims to make parallel programming more accessible and modern while supporting distributed-memory computing. Examine code examples demonstrating Chapel's base language features, task parallelism, locality, and distributed data parallelism. Gain insights into the challenges faced by the Chapel development team and their strategies for overcoming them. Compare Chapel's performance against other languages in benchmarks and real-world applications. Whether you're an HPC enthusiast or simply curious about the future of parallel programming, this talk offers a thought-provoking look at making scalable parallelism a first-class language feature. Read more