Title :
The Soma: A Programming Construct for Distributed Processing
Author :
Kessels, Joep L W
Author_Institution :
Philips Research Laboratories
Abstract :
A construct is proposed for parallel programming, called soma (software machine). A soma is a sequential process that can communicate with other somas by exchanging messages via mailboxes. The soma construct is well suited for implementation on conventional as well as on distributed computer architectures, the main characteristic of the latter being the absence of a common store.
Keywords :
Communication; concurrency; distributed programming; mailbox; message passing; send and receive operations; synchronization; Computer architecture; Computerized monitoring; Concurrent computing; Condition monitoring; Distributed processing; Message passing; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Proposals; Communication; concurrency; distributed programming; mailbox; message passing; send and receive operations; synchronization;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1981.231112
