Cilk Frequently Asked Questions with Answers

Index

• Section 1. Introduction and General Information
• Q1.1. What is Cilk?
• Q1.2. How do I obtain Cilk?
• Q1.3. Are there Cilk-related mailing lists?
• Q1.4. Is Cilk free software?
• Q1.5. Which systems does Cilk run on?
• Q1.6. Does Cilk run on networks of workstations?
• Q1.7. Does Cilk run on Windows NT?
• Q1.8. What is Cilkchess?
  
  
• Section 2. Installing Cilk
• Q2.1. How do I install Cilk?
• Q2.2. How do I install Cilk in a directory different from /usr/local?
• Q2.3. The example programs compile, but they do not run.
• Q2.4. `make' says: ``Warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete''.
  
  
• Section 3. Using Cilk
• Q3.1. How do I compile a Cilk program?
• Q3.2. Cilk seems really slow.
• Q3.3. Can I call Cilk from C/C++/FORTRAN?
• Q3.4. The linker says Cilk_flags_are_wrong_*_please_recompile.