Distributed Environments & Distributed Program Design
R. Diekmann, O.K. Menzel, O.F. Stangenberg · 1994
This paper presents an overall view about the most common methods for implementing task schemes for process control from the operating system point of view as well as from the Occam point of view. They are discussed and compared an a comparative study. In addition the best known development platforms Helios, ParC, Inmos Toolsets and Parix are introduced. Their significant features are presented and compared in a detailed comparative stttdy focussing the advantages and disadvantages of each development platform with respect to its usefulness in distributed program design. The presented study is addressed to all developers who intend to design distributed software for their transputer based architecture and who are on the outlook for a programming platform that almost suits their needs.