2 ISSUES IN PARALLEL LANGUAGE DESIGN

Authors
BOHM APW OLDEHOEFT RR
Citation
Apw. Bohm et Rr. Oldehoeft, 2 ISSUES IN PARALLEL LANGUAGE DESIGN, ACM transactions on programming languages and systems, 16(6), 1994, pp. 1675-1683
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
ACM transactions on programming languages and systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
01640925
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1675 - 1683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0164-0925(1994)16:6<1675:2IIPLD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In this article, we discuss two programming language features that hav e value for expressibility and efficiency: nonstrictness and nondeterm inism. Our work arose while assessing ways to enhance a currently succ essful language, SISAL [McGraw et al. 1985]. The questions of how best to include these features, if at all, has led not to conclusions but to an impetus to explore the answers in an objective way. We will reta in strictness for efficiency reasons and explore the limits it may imp ose, and we will experiment with a carefully controlled form of nondet erminism to assess its expressive power.