An architecture independent programming language for low-level vision

Low-level vision is particularly useful in implementation on parallel architectures. To take advantage of this, the algorithm must be adapted to the particular parallel architecture. We have developed a specialized programming language, Apply, which reduces the problem of writing the algorithm for this class of programs to the task of writing the function to be applied to a window around a single pixel. We describe implementations of Apply on Warp, various Warp-like architectures, UNIX, and the Hughes HBA and sketch implementations on bit-serial processor arrays and distributed memory machines. -after Author