Who is This Book For?

This book is written for software designers, software developers, application programmers, researchers, educators, and students who need an introduction to parallel and distributed programming using the C++ language. A modest knowledge of the C++ language and standard C++ class libraries is required. This book is not intended as a tutorial on programming in C++ or object-oriented programming. It is assumed that the reader will have a basic understanding of object-oriented programming techniques such as encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. This book introduces the basics of parallel and distributed programming in the context of C++.