A simple student environment for lightweight process concurrent programming under SunOs

Authors:
Toby S. Berk
Affiliations:
School of Computer Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Venue:
SIGCSE '96 Proceedings of the twenty-seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1996

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Abstract

This paper describes a simplified student environment for lightweight processes (threads) under SunOs or compatible systems. The environment is built on top of the SunOs lwp package. A range of concurrency facilities are provided including critical sections, events and signals, and monitors. A hidden scheduler enhances the effects of the nondeterminacy, even for small student programs. A sample assignment is shown using the package.