LabVIEW Parallel For Loop and OpenMP

[Robst]

Hello:

This is just a curious post, I just learned about OpenMP and I found that OpenMP helps you to parallelize for loops in language C in much the same way as you can use the Parallel For Loop in LabVIEW.

Is the LabVIEW Parallel For Loop implemented under the hood using OpenMP? Or this is just a coincidence?

[Jarrod_S. · Accepted solution]

No, LabVIEW's parallel for loop is not implemented under the hood using OpenMP. You might be interested to read this article about the modern advancements in the LabVIEW compiler architecture. Most notably in this case, it is the DFIR technology discussed there which facilitates parallel for loop transformations.

[Robst]

Thanks Jarrod, very informative. Interesting stuff in that article!

Regards!

Robst.