A solution to the explicit/implicit control dilemma

  • Authors:
  • Denis Caromel

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • OOPSLA/ECOOP '90 Proceedings of the workshop on Object-based concurrent programming
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Concurrent object-oriented programming faces a dilemma: should a language provide an explicit or an implicit concurrency control? Both styles of programming present advantages and limitations.This article discusses this issue and proposes a solution: the programming of user-defined abstractions.We advocate that no framework of concurrency control is universal, but that many present interesting properties. The solution resides in the building of reusable libraries of concurrent abstractions.