Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!gatech!hubcap!herlihy From: herlihy@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Maurice Herlihy) Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: financial transaction systems Message-ID: <3843@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 88 13:18:42 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.UUCP Lines: 7 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu I'm interested in learning something about stock trading programs and similar kinds of financial transaction systems. I'm particularly interested in how they actually deal with synchronization, reliability, and real-time issues. Can anyone point me to technical articles on the subject, or other sources of information? Maurice Herlihy