VisPar: visualising dataflow graphs from the Par Monad

Abstract

We present a work in progress tool (VisPar) for visualising computations in the Par monad in Haskell. Our contribution is not a revolutionary new idea but rather a modest addition to the set of tools available for making sense of parallel programs. We hope to show that VisPar can be useful as a teaching tool by providing visualisations of a few examples from a course on parallel functional programming.