In this lecture we will look at programming languages,
compilers and interpreters in the context of concurrent programming,
distributed computing and the Internet.
The slides for this lecture can be found here.
Sebesta chapter 13
As background reading I suggest you read
Sebesta chapter 14
The online archive: occam - what is
it?
The online Introduction to
Polyphonic C#, by Nick Benton
The article
``FACILE -- from Toy to Tool'', by Thomsen, B., Leth, L. and Kuo, T.-M.: in: ML
with Concurrency: Design, Analysis, Implementation, and Application, Flemming
Nielson (Editor), Springer-Verlag, 1996. You can download a local copy here (note only
accessible locally due to copyrights).
Exercises for lecture 14 will be done from 12.30 till
14.15 before Lecture 15 on Thursday the 22nd of April.
The following exercises are best done as group discussions:
You should limit the discussion to about 5 minutes per
question, except review question 12 which could be much longer.
The following exercises you may prefer to do on your
own or in pairs and discuss the outcome with your group: