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The Joyce language report

  1. Per Brinch Hansen

Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1002/spe.4380190605

Issue

Software: Practice and Experience

Software: Practice and Experience

Volume 19, Issue 6, pages 553–578, June 1989

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How to Cite

Hansen, P. B. (1989), The Joyce language report. Software: Practice and Experience, 19: 553–578. doi: 10.1002/spe.4380190605

Author Information

  1. School of Computer and Information Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, U.S.A.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 OCT 2006
  2. Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 12 SEP 1988

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Keywords:

  • Programming languages;
  • Concurrent programming;
  • Communicating agents;
  • Input/output channels;
  • Polling;
  • Recursion

Abstract

This paper defines a programming language for distributed processing called Joyce. Joyce is based on CSP and Pascal. A Joyce program defines concurrent agents which communicate through synchronous channels. The agents may be recursive.

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