Concert/C: supporting distributed programming with language extensions and a portable multiprotocol runtime

Author

Auerbach, J.S. ; Gopal, A.S. ; Russell, J.R. ; Kennedy, M.T.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

21-24 Jun 1994

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

159

Abstract

We describe the design and implementation of the Concert/C compiler and runtime. We describe solutions to the problems of (1) how to extend a language without compromising the use of legacy source and object code and tools, (2) how to extract language-neutral interface information from native language type declarations, (3) how to make function pointers into first-class values transmissable over a network while retaining runtime compatibility with plain C, and (4) how to interoperate with multiple RPC and messaging protocols, selecting protocols at runtime, with little sacrifice of efficiency

Keywords

C language; distributed processing; program compilers; protocols; storage management; Concert/C; compiler; distributed programming; function pointers; language extensions; legacy; messaging protocols; portable multiprotocol runtime; source and object code; Automatic control; Computer languages; Computer network management; Concurrent computing; Data mining; Joining processes; Program processors; Protocols; Runtime;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pozman

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5840-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1994.302405

Filename

302405