dictionary definitions for "linda"


From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:

  Linda
  
     <language> A "coordination language" from Yale, providing a
     model for concurrency with communication via a shared
     tuple space.  Linda is usually implemented as a subroutine
     library for a specific base language, as in C-Linda,
     Fortran-Linda, LindaLISP and Prolog-Linda.  It is
     available from Scientific Computing Associates, Inc.  [What
     is?]
  
     {Home (http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/Linda/linda.html)}
  
     There is a Multi-BinProlog Linda implementation available by
     {(ftp://clement.info.umoncton.ca/)}.
  
     ["Generative Communication in Linda", D. Gelernter
     <gelernter@cs.yale.edu>, ACM TOPLAS 7(1):80-112 (1985)].
  
     ["Linda in Context", N. Carreiro et al, Yale U., CACM
     32(4):444-458, Apr 1989].
  
     See also Ease, Lucinda, Melinda.
  
     (2000-07-07)
  


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