Title :
Nonexpressibility of fairness and signaling
Author :
McAllester, David ; Panangaden, Prakash ; Shanbhogue, Vasant
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Expressiveness results for indeterminate data flow primitives are established. Choice primitives with three differing fairness assumptions are considered, and it is shown that they are strictly inequivalent in expressive power. It is also shown that the ability to announce choices enhances the expressive power of two of the primitives. These results are proved using a very crude semantics and will thus apply in any reasonable theory of process equivalence
Keywords :
programming theory; data flow primitives; expressive power; fairness; indeterminate; inequivalent; semantics; signaling; theory of process equivalence; Carbon capture and storage; Computer networks; Computer science; Law; Legal factors; Taxonomy;
Conference_Titel :
Foundations of Computer Science, 1988., 29th Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location :
White Plains, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0877-3
DOI :
10.1109/SFCS.1988.21954