Various systems and methods to perform efficiently a first processing task in conjunction with a plurality of data sets. A first code sequence comprises a plurality of general commands, and a specific command including a description of a first data processing task to be performed in conjunction with the data sets. The general commands are received and processed in a standard manner. The specific command is identified automatically by its nature, and the description within the specific command is then converted into a first sequence of executable instructions executable by a plurality of compute elements holding the plurality of data sets. The ultimate result is an efficient implementation of the first processing task. In some embodiments, the implementation of the first processing task is assisted by a pre-defined procedure that allocates the data sets to the compute elements and shares instances of executable instructions with the compute elements.