As a descendant of Split-C, AC, and PCP, UPC has two primary objectives: 1) to provide efficient access to the underlying machine, and 2) to establish a common syntax and semantics for explicitly parallel programming in C.

• UPC由Split-C、AC和PCP派生而来,它主要有两个目标:1)对底层机器提供有效的访问; 2)为显式并行C编程语言建立通用的语法和语义。