Title :
The synchronous languages 12 years later
Author :
Benveniste, Albert ; Caspi, Paul ; Edwards, Stephen A. ; Halbwachs, Nicolas ; Le Guernic, Paul ; De Simone, Robert
Author_Institution :
IRISA/INRIA, France
fDate :
1/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Twelve years ago, Proceedings of the IEEE devoted a special section to the synchronous languages. This paper discusses the improvements, difficulties, and successes that have occured with the synchronous languages since then. Today, synchronous languages have been established as a technology of choice for modeling, specifying, validating, and implementing real-time embedded applications. The paradigm of synchrony has emerged as an engineer-friendly design method based on mathematically sound tools.
Keywords :
distributed programming; embedded systems; high level languages; Esterel; Lustre; Signal; concurrency; embedded applications; formal methods; modeling; real-time systems; specifying; synchronous languages; Acoustical engineering; Centralized control; Commercialization; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Costs; Design engineering; Design methodology; Natural languages; Synchronization;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2002.805826
