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Life & fun · November 30, 2016

Parallac.js – A JavaScript clone of Chapel for distributed computing

A Distributed Computing library written for Node.js based on Chapel. - briangu/parallac.js

Parallac.js – A JavaScript clone of Chapel for distributed computing launched on November 30, 2016 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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