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A modula‐2 kernel for supporting monitors
Author(s) -
Terry P. D.
Publication year - 1986
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.4380160507
Subject(s) - mutual exclusion , computer science , kernel (algebra) , synchronization (alternating current) , set (abstract data type) , operating system , distributed computing , programming language , embedded system , computer network , mathematics , channel (broadcasting) , combinatorics
The concept of the monitor as a device for handling the problems of mutual exclusion and synchronization in a set of concurrent processes is now well understood. In addition to being of considerable theoretical interest, the monitor concept has been found suitable for the design of several practical operating systems. This paper discusses an implementation of monitors using a kernel written in Modula‐2.