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An assessment of concurrent Pascal
Author(s) -
Coleman D.,
Gallimore R. M.,
Hughes J. W.,
Powell M. S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380091005
Subject(s) - pascal (unit) , computer science , programming language , concurrent engineering , construct (python library) , software engineering , engineering , operations management , scheduling (production processes)
This paper assesses Concurrent Pascal against its design aims. The language is shown to be suitable for writing reliable non‐trivial concurrent applications programs and operating systems. The major weakness of the language is its inability to provide an environment for other Concurrent Pascal programs. A new language construct, group, is proposed to remedy this difficulty.