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Multiprocessing Extensions in Spur Lisp
July/August 1989 (vol. 6 no. 4)
pp. 41-49
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| Benjamin Zorn, Kinson Ho, James Larus, Luigi Semenzato, Paul Hilfinger, "Multiprocessing Extensions in Spur Lisp," IEEE Software, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 41-49, July/August, 1989. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/52.31651, author = {Benjamin Zorn and Kinson Ho and James Larus and Luigi Semenzato and Paul Hilfinger}, title = {Multiprocessing Extensions in Spur Lisp}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {1989}, pages = {41-49}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.31651}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - Multiprocessing Extensions in Spur Lisp IS - 4 SN - 0740-7459 SP41 EP49 EPD - 41-49 A1 - Benjamin Zorn, A1 - Kinson Ho, A1 - James Larus, A1 - Luigi Semenzato, A1 - Paul Hilfinger, PY - 1989 KW - communication primitives; global heap; Spur Lisp; multiprocessing extensions; Common Lisp; multithreading mechanism; synchronization; mailboxes; signals; futures; expressiveness; Spur workstation; shared memory multiprocessor; symbolic programs; LISP; parallel programming; program processors; software tools VL - 6 JA - IEEE Software ER - | |||
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The authors describe their multiprocessing extensions to Common Lisp. They have added a few simple, expressive features on which one can build high-level constructs. These consist of a multithreading mechanism, primitives for communication and synchronization (mailboxes and signals), and a feature called futures. A few examples clarify how the primitives work and demonstrate their expressiveness. When Spur Lisp is ported to and optimized on the Spur workstation (a shared memory multiprocessor), programmers can use it to make symbolic programs parallel.
Index Terms:
communication primitives; global heap; Spur Lisp; multiprocessing extensions; Common Lisp; multithreading mechanism; synchronization; mailboxes; signals; futures; expressiveness; Spur workstation; shared memory multiprocessor; symbolic programs; LISP; parallel programming; program processors; software tools
Citation:
Benjamin Zorn, Kinson Ho, James Larus, Luigi Semenzato, Paul Hilfinger, "Multiprocessing Extensions in Spur Lisp," IEEE Software, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 41-49, July-Aug. 1989, doi:10.1109/52.31651
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