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adding onto multithreading, other parallelization models such as OpenMP or OMPSs take sequential code and parallelise it. They delegate onto a runtime system the efficient execution of the code to achieve a balance between programmers productivity and code performance.

But for large problems the article falls short. Scientific applications may need to use several computers at a time, COMP Superscalar (COMPSs) is a task-based programming model which aims to ease the development of applications for distributed infrastructures. COMPSs programmers do not need to deal with the typical duties of parallelization and distribution, such as thread creation and synchronization, data distribution, messaging or fault tolerance. Instead, the model is based on sequential programming, which makes it appealing to users that either lack parallel programming expertise or are looking for better programmability. Other popular frameworks such as LEGION offer a lower-level interface.