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The Origin of Concurrent Programming

From Semaphores to Remote Procedure Calls

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Per Brinch Hansen

    1. Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Invention of Concurrent Programming

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 3-61

  3. Conceptual Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Cooperating Sequential Processes

      • Edsger W. Dijkstra
      Pages 65-138

    3. The Structure of the “THE” Multiprogramming System

      • Edsger W. Dijkstra
      Pages 139-152

    4. RC 4000 Software: Multiprogramming System

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 153-197

    5. Hierarchical Ordering of Sequential Processes

      • Edsger W. Dijkstra
      Pages 198-227

  4. Programming Language Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Towards a Theory of Parallel Programming

      • C. A. R. Hoare
      Pages 231-244

    3. An Outline of a Course on Operating System Principles

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 245-254

    4. Structured Multiprogramming

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 255-264

    5. Shared Classes

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 265-271

    6. Monitors: An Operating System Structuring Concept

      • C. A. R. Hoare
      Pages 272-294

  5. Concurrent Programming Languages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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    2. The Programming Language Concurrent Pascal

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 297-318

  6. Model Operating Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
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    2. The Solo Operating System: A Concurrent Pascal Program

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 321-333

    3. The Solo Operating System: Processes, Monitors and Classes

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 334-381

    4. Design Principles

      • Per Brinch Hansen
      Pages 382-393
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About this book

One cannot build or understand a modern operating system unless one knows the principles of concurrent programming. This volume is a collection of 19 original papers on the invention and origins of concurrent programming, illustrating the major breakthroughs in the field from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. All of them are written by the pioneers in concurrent programming, including Brinch Hansen himself, and have introductions added that summarize the papers and put them in perspective. This anthology is an essential reference for professional programmers, researchers, and students of electrical engineering and computer science. A familiarity with operating system principles is assumed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

    Per Brinch Hansen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Origin of Concurrent Programming

  • Book Subtitle: From Semaphores to Remote Procedure Calls

  • Editors: Per Brinch Hansen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3472-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95401-1Published: 31 May 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2986-0Published: 21 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3472-0Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 534

  • Topics: Programming Techniques

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