Title :
Complete visualizations of concurrent programs and their executions
Author :
Kahn, Kenneth M. ; Saraswat, Vijay A.
Author_Institution :
Xerox Palo Alto Res. Center, CA, USA
Abstract :
The theory and methods for a completely visual formalism for programs and their executions are presented. The appearance, and not the construction, completely describes programs, data, and states of execution. Programs, their model of execution, and their execution traces are visualized in the same pictorial terms. A list of advantages of this visual formalism is given. A case study using the Janus language is presented
Keywords :
parallel programming; visual programming; Janus language; appearance; concurrent programs; execution traces; visual formalism; Animation; Coherence; Computer graphics; Computer languages; Concurrent computing; Data visualization; Debugging; Distributed computing; Programming profession;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Skokie, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2090-0
DOI :
10.1109/WVL.1990.128375
