BaLinda Lisp: Design and implementation

Authors:
M. D. Feng;W. F. Wong;C. K. Yuen
Affiliations:
Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore;Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore;Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Venue:
Computer Languages
Year:
1996

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Abstract

BaLinda Lisp is a parallel Lisp dialect employing a shared memory model of parallel processing together with a subset of the Linda tuple space operators. Also included in the design is speculative processing. The aim is to have shared memory multiprocessing with the tuple space acting as the main data structure through which synchronization is done. The result is a flexible programming language. In this paper, we shall describe the design philosophy of BaLinda Lisp, discuss its implementation on three multiprocessing platforms, give examples of programs written in BaLinda Lisp and discuss future work on the language.