Parallelism in object-oriented languages: a survey

Author

Wyatt, Barbara B. ; Kavi, Krishna ; Hufnagel, Steve

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA

Volume

9

Issue

6

fYear

1992

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Fourteen concurrent object-oriented languages are compared in terms of how they deal with communication, synchronization, process management, inheritance, and implementation trade-offs. The ways in which they divide responsibility between the programmer, the compiler, and the operating system are also investigated. It is found that current object-oriented languages that have concurrency features are often compromised in important areas, including inheritance capability, efficiency, ease of use, and degree of parallel activity. Frequently, this is because the concurrency features were added after the language was designed. The languages discussed are Actors, Abd/1, Abd/R, Argus, COOL, Concurrent Smalltalk, Eiffel, Emerald, ES-Kit C++, Hybrid, Nexus, Parmacs, POOL-T, and Presto.<>

Keywords

object-oriented languages; parallel languages; parallel programming; Abd/1; Abd/R; Actors; Argus; COOL; Concurrent Smalltalk; ES-Kit C++; Eiffel; Emerald; Hybrid; Nexus; POOL-T; Parmacs; Presto; communication; compiler; concurrent object-oriented languages; implementation trade-offs; inheritance; operating system; parallelism; process management; programmer; synchronization; Buildings; Concurrent computing; Memory management; Operating systems; Program processors; Programming profession; Security;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.168859

Filename

168859