DocumentCode :
2368702
Title :
A continuation-based Distributed Lisp System
Author :
Napoli, C. Di ; Furnari, M. Mango
Author_Institution :
Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR, Naples, Italy
fYear :
1994
fDate :
2-6 May 1994
Firstpage :
523
Lastpage :
527
Abstract :
In this paper we describe an approach to coping with parallelism in symbolic applications. Our purpose is to build a parallel symbolic system suited to homogenous and heterogenous Distributed Memory Parallel Systems. In particular we describe the design criteria and the implementation strategy for a Distributed Lisp System (DLISP) that relies on a client/server model and uses a functional level mechanism to synchronize and to control the processes. The intraprocess and interprocess management are obtained using the notion of continuation of a computation for process context switching and resuming. In this way this system does not rely on any control feature outside the LISP language. The DLISP system is structured in three main layers. The hardware heterogeneity is encapsulated using the Parallel Virtual Machine software package to implement the actual communication among processes
Keywords :
LISP; distributed memory systems; parallel languages; symbol manipulation; DLISP; Distributed Lisp System; Distributed Memory Parallel Systems; Parallel Virtual Machine; client/server model; design criteria; implementation; parallelism; symbolic applications; Access protocols; Communication switching; Communication system control; Concurrent computing; Context; Control systems; Distributed computing; Hardware; Parallel machines; Yarn;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Computing Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ischia
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6322-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MPCS.1994.367037
Filename :
367037
Link To Document :
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