Language and runtime support for event programming in a distributed system

Author

Jusak, Debra ; Hearne, James

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Western Washington Univ., WA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

30 Sep-2 Oct 1990

Firstpage

514

Lastpage

519

Abstract

A joint project is described for the design and implementation of both Tahiti, a distributed language for event programming based on Galton´s logic of occurrence, and Symphora, a run-time kernel providing system services demanded by support for truly event-driven programs. The presentation is divided between a description of the Tahiti language and its supporting run-time kernel Symphora. The focus is on the run-time implications of these language constructs and especially the ability of Tahiti programs to branch on both past and future events, as well as on current (Boolean) states. The operating system support required for realization of the language constructs is considered

Keywords

distributed processing; high level languages; programming; Galton´s logic of occurrence; Symphora; Tahiti; distributed system; event programming; language constructs; language support; operating system support; run-time implications; run-time kernel; runtime support; Computer science; Kernel; Logic; Organizing; Petroleum; Project management; Robustness; Runtime; System software; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1990. Proceedings., Second IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2088-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTDCS.1990.138373

Filename

138373