On the concurrency of C++

The paper presents a proposal for introducing concurrency to a sequential object-oriented programming language, C++. We call the extended language CC++. It distinguishes two categories of objects: process objects and class objects. Process objects are coarse-grain concurrent entities. Each process object has its own sequential control thread and an optional public interface accessible by other process objects. A set of process objects is synchronized and coordinated by a remote function call (RFC) mechanism. Indeterministic RFC´s are selected or sequenced by guarded function declarations. Important objectives of this design are simple syntax, clear semantics and strong expressive power. Examples illustrating CC++ features are given