A multiprocessor implementation of Little Smalltalk

Technical Report

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/g158br90m

Descriptions

Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Budd, Timothy A. Raghvendra, Srinivas
Abstract	In this project we have attempted to exploit the parallel programming features of a Sequent Balance multiprocessor to improve the performance of a Smalltalk interpreter. The block construct and the fork message together make Smalltalk a 'natural' parallel programming language. We describe how processes can be created from within the Smalltalk system to execute concurrently on different processors while sharing a common object memory. We have described a suite of programs that were run to test the implementation and we report the results of the benchmark tests.
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Issued	1989-08-16
Academic Affiliation	Computer Science
Series	Technical report (Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science)
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]

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