Support for Pointer Semantics in a Generative Communication Framework

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dc.contributor.authorNeil, Richard L.en
dc.contributor.committeechairArthur, James D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDavis, Nathaniel J. IVen
dc.contributor.committeememberSantos, Eunice E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLee, John A. N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKafura, Dennis G.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:07:41Zen
dc.date.adate2005-03-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:07:41Zen
dc.date.issued2004-12-17en
dc.date.rdate2005-03-23en
dc.date.sdate2005-02-22en
dc.description.abstractThe Generative Communication (GC) paradigm was introduced in the early 1980s in the form of the Linda coordination and communication language (Gelernter & Bernstein, 1982). The goal of the language was to provide an elegant, intuitive alternative to the state-of-the-art in parallel and distributed processing languages at that time, namely remote procedure calls; message passing systems; and shared memory systems (Gelernter, 1985). Despite the longevity of the Linda coordination language and the GC paradigm, in general, the literature is devoid of meaningful research into the construction and manipulation of dynamic, pointer-based data structures within the context of the GC paradigm. This document motivates the need for such data structures in GC. In addition, this document explores the reasons for the lack literature regarding dynamic pointer-based data structures in GC. Finally, we develop solutions to address the lack of support, within the GC paradigm, for such data structures.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-02222005-153132en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02222005-153132/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26275en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartNeil_diss.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPointer Semanticsen
dc.subjectTuple Spaceen
dc.subjectGenerative Communicationen
dc.subjectAsynchronous Communicationen
dc.subjectConcurrent Accessen
dc.subjectShared Dataspaceen
dc.titleSupport for Pointer Semantics in a Generative Communication Frameworken
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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