Qlisp: Parallel processing in Lisp

Qlisp: Parallel processing in Lisp (1989)

by Ron Goldman , Richard P. Gabriel

Venue:	IEEE Software
Citations:	6 - 0 self

Datum	Value	Source
TITLE	Qlisp: Parallel processing in Lisp	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Ron Goldman	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Lucid, Inc.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Richard P. Gabriel	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Lucid, Inc.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	One of the major problems in writing programs to take advantage of parallel processing has been the lack of good multiprocessing languages—one which is both powerful and understandable to programmers. In this paper we describe multiprocessing extensions to Common Lisp designed to be suitable for studying styles of parallel programming at the medium-grain level in a shared-memory architecture. The resulting language is called Qlisp. A problem with parallel programming is the degree to which the programmer must explicitly address synchronization problems. Two new approaches to this problem look promising: the first is the concept of heavyweight futures, and the second is a new type of function called a partially, multiply invoked function. 1.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
YEAR	1989	INFERENCE
VENUE	IEEE Software	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	JOURNAL	INFERENCE
PAGES	51--59	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	8 found	ParsCit 1.0