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Learning from our Successes

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There are successes in the field of explicit parallel systems. Linda1 is an example. We defend this claim by listing some non-trivial requirements for success and showing how Linda fills the bill.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    Nicholas Carriero & David Gelernter

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  1. Boeing Computer Services, M.S. 7L-22, P. O. Box 24346, Seattle, WA, 98124-0346, USA

    Janusz S. Kowalik

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Janusz S. Kowalik

  3. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica University of Calabria, I-87036, Rende, Italy

    Lucio Grandinetti

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Carriero, N., Gelernter, D. (1993). Learning from our Successes. In: Kowalik, J.S., Grandinetti, L. (eds) Software for Parallel Computation. NATO ASI Series, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58049-9_2

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