Re: [boost] Boost.Join - asynchronous concurrency library based onCw and Join Calculus

From: Yigong Liu (yigongliu_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-24 02:20:24

On 5/23/07, Scott Woods <scottw_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Is your "joining" library a tool for implementing the results of a
> software
> concurrency
> analysis? Rather than something targeted at the implementation of the
> highly
> interactive
> entities in a telephony protocol?

Hello,

Join calculus , as a process calculus, has been used for formal
specification and validation of concurrent and distributed systems,
including protocols.

Its simple and well-defined core for concurrency (async / synch methods and
join-patterns or chords) are well suited for programming and have been
integrated with programming languages for real concurrent applications in
two different ways:
1. Join's primitives are integrated into languages by changing compilers;
such as JoCaml, Cw and Join.Java.
2. Join's primitives are added as a separate library; such as CCR, C#.Joins.
The "Join" library i am proposing falls into this category.

It is intended for implementing real concurrent applications. Its simple
model of async / synch methods and join-patterns (chords) should give us
guideline for concurrent design and help avoiding pitfalls.

Thanks
Yigong