Format:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 141 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Berlin [u.a.] Springer 2006 Springer lecture notes archive
ISBN:
9783540472414
Series Statement:
Lecture notes in computer science 262
Content:
1 Introduction -- 2 The Ada Tasking model -- 3 Formal aspects -- 4 Concurrent programming -- 5 Embedded systems -- 6 Distributed systems -- 7 Implementation issues -- 8 Language changes and extensions -- 9 Conclusion.
Content:
Ada* is unquestionably one of the most significant programming languages to emerge in the last decade. The manner of its inception and support by the US Department of Defense (DoD) ensures that it will be used extensively for the indefinite future in programming large and complex systems. The growing availability of compilers means that many organisations are already committed to using the language for sizable and significant applications. As a perhaps inevitable result of its design goals, Ada is a "large" language. It has Pascal-like control and type constructs; a mechanism for exception handling; a package structure for information hiding, decomposition and separate compilation; facilities for low-level programming; and a tasking model of concurrency. It is perhaps this last area that has generated most debate, criticism and disagreement. The purpose of this book is to review the tasking model in the light of the extensive analysis and comment which has appeared in the literature. The review is necessarily wide-ranging, including discussion of - Ada as a general purpose concurrent programming language, - Ada as a language for embedded and distributed systems, - implementation issues, with particular reference to distributed systems, - formal semantics, specification and verification, - proposed language modifications. By consolidating this discussion within the confines of a single review, potential users of the tasking facility are enabled to familiarise themselves with all the factors which may impinge upon the performance, reliability and correctness of their software. The book also provides a focus for any debate on modifications to the Ada language, or developments from it.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [125] - 141
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3540180087
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0387180087
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540180081
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Burns, Alan, 1953 - A review of Ada tasking Berlin : Springer, 1987 ISBN 3540180087
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0387180087
Language:
English
Subjects:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Ada
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Task
DOI:
10.1007/3-540-18008-7
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