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Parallel models are implemented in several ways: as libraries invoked from traditional sequential languages, as language extensions, or complete new execution models. They are also roughly categorized for two kinds of systems: [[Shared memory|shared-memory]] system and [[Distributed memory|distributed-memory]] system, though the lines between them are largely blurred nowadays.

A programming model is usually judged by its expressibility and simplicity, which are by all meaningsmeans conflicting factors. The ultimate goal is to improve productivity of programming.

== Example parallel programming models ==