Cite/Reference OpenMP in a Paper [closed]

Question

I am writing a paper and implemented an algorithm using OpenMP. Since Visual Studio directly supports OpenMP, am I required to cite OpenMP in my paper?

Answer 1

I guess you must have decided one way or the other by now, but, for the record, YES, I think you should definitely cite OpenMP, by citing the specification document for the version you are using. For instance, if you are using OpenMP 3.0 (2008), your BibTeX entry would look like this:

@misc{ openmp08,
    author = {{OpenMP Architecture Review Board}},
    title = {{OpenMP} Application Program Interface Version 3.0},
    month = may,
    year = 2008,
    url = {http://www.openmp.org/mp-documents/spec30.pdf}
}