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A comparison of microtasking implementations of the applicative language SISAL

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CONPAR 90 — VAPP IV (VAPP 1990, CONPAR 1990)

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The applicative, parallel programming language SISAL has been implemented on conventional multiprocessors with the use of microtasking systems designed to support fine-grained parallelism. Experiments with different versions of such a system, including an implementation under the Mach operating system using its lightweight processes, are reported.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, 5001, Adelaide, S.A., Australia

    A. L. Wendelborn

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Garsden, H., Wendelborn, A.L. (1990). A comparison of microtasking implementations of the applicative language SISAL. In: Burkhart, H. (eds) CONPAR 90 — VAPP IV. VAPP CONPAR 1990 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53065-7_146

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