A parallel virtual machine for programs composed of abstract data types

Author

Welch, Lonnie R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Volume

43

Issue

11

fYear

1994

fDate

11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1249

Lastpage

1261

Abstract

An abstract data type mechanism is provided by many modern programming languages, and is often employed during system development to promote modularity and reuse. This paper describes ARC, a parallel virtual machine designed for executing programs that use abstract data types (ADTs). The major contribution of ARC is that it supports Asynchronous Remote Procedure Call (ARPC), a model of parallel execution that works well for programs developed by layering ADTs. To support ARPC, ARC performs data synchronization, automatic parameter restoration, and dynamic load balancing

Keywords

abstract data types; data structures; database management systems; multiprocessing programs; parallel programming; remote procedure calls; software reusability; virtual machines; ADTs; ARC; Asynchronous Remote Procedure Call; abstract data types; automatic parameter restoration; data synchronization; dynamic load balancing; modularity; parallel virtual machine; programming languages; reuse; system development; Application software; Computer languages; Concurrent computing; Cost accounting; Grain size; Load management; Parallel processing; Programming profession; Software reusability; Virtual machining;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.324558

Filename

324558