Title :
A distributed Lisp programming system: implementation and usage
Author :
Pearson, Mark P. ; Dasgupta, Partha
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The implementation details of a Lisp environment built on top of a distributed operating system are presented. The system provides transparent distribution, protected large-grain persistent heaps, concurrency within each environment and seamless sharing of Lisp data structures between separate environments
Keywords :
LISP; data structures; network operating systems; programming environments; Lisp environment; concurrency; data structures; distributed Lisp programming system; distributed operating system; protected large-grain persistent heaps; seamless sharing; transparent distribution; Concurrent computing; Data structures; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Hardware; Programming profession; Protection; Runtime environment; Terminology; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2865-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1992.235114
