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DGLa: A distributed graphics language

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A distributed graphics programming language called DGLa is presented, which facilitates the development of distributed graphics application. Facilities for distributed programming and graphics support are included in it. It not only supports synchronous and asynchronous communication but also provides programmer with multiple control mechanism for process communication. The graphics support of DGLa is powerful, for both sequential graphics library and parallel graphics library are provided. The design consideration and implementation experience are discussed in detail in this paper. Application example are also given.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou

    Zhigeng Pan & Jiaoying Shi

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 200030, Shanghai

    Bingfeng Hu

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This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of P.R.China (No:69173313).

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Pan, Z., Shi, J. & Hu, B. DGLa: A distributed graphics language. J. of Compt. Sci. & Technol. 9, 97–106 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939491

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