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JMLC 2006: Modular Programming Languages pp 230–250Cite as

A Component Language for Structured Parallel Programming

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Abstract

Current programming languages are still underdeveloped for the con struction of well-structured concurrent software systems. They typically impose many unnecessary and unacceptable compromises and/or workarounds due to a multiplicity of different suboptimal concepts. With regard to object-orientation, one can identify references, methods and inheritance as such inappropriate constructs.

To overcome this unfavourable situation, we have designed and implemented a substantially new programming language which integrates a general component notion. Three fundamental relations govern components in this language: (1) hierarchical composition, (2) symmetric connections with a dual concept of offered and required interfaces and, (3) communication-based inter actions. With the use of various examples, the advantage of the new component language is demonstrated in this paper.

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  1. Computer Systems Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    Luc Bläser

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  1. School of Technology, Department of Computing, Oxford Brookes University, OX33 1HX, Oxford, UK

    David E. Lightfoot

  2. Microsoft, USA

    Clemens Szyperski

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Bläser, L. (2006). A Component Language for Structured Parallel Programming. In: Lightfoot, D.E., Szyperski, C. (eds) Modular Programming Languages. JMLC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4228. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11860990_15

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