Non-Blocking Concurrent Imperative Programming with Session Types

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Published in:	arXiv.org (Jan 18, 2017), p. n/a
Main Author:	Silva, Miguel
Other Authors:	Florido, Mário, Pfenning, Frank
Published:	Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
Subjects:	Semantics Concurrency Programming languages Imperative programming Message passing
Online Access:	Citation/Abstract Full text outside of ProQuest
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Abstract:	Concurrent C0 is an imperative programming language in the C family with session-typed message-passing concurrency. The previously proposed semantics implements asynchronous (non-blocking) output; we extend it here with non-blocking input. A key idea is to postpone message reception as much as possible by interpreting receive commands as a request for a message. We implemented our ideas as a translation from a blocking intermediate language to a non-blocking language. Finally, we evaluated our techniques with several benchmark programs and show the results obtained. While the abstract measure of span always decreases (or remains unchanged), only a few of the examples reap a practical benefit.
ISSN:	2331-8422
DOI:	10.4204/EPTCS.238.7
Source:	Engineering Database