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From: wm@ogccse.ogc.edu (Wm Leler)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Linda Request
Keywords: Kernel Linda
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Date: 23 May 89 20:52:30 GMT
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There are several groups doing some sort of work with Linda on
transputers.  The Trolius people (in particular Moshe Branner at
Cornell) have a version of Linda called Brenda, but it is very
limited.  At one time, Topologix had a version of Linda that ran on
their hardware, but I'm not sure of the current status.
 
And of course, here at Cogent Research we have an implementation of
Linda called Kernel Linda that we have used as the interprocess
communication mechanism for a distributed, UNIX-like operating system.
Kernel Linda is a subset of Linda in that it only supports tuples
with a single key (this was necessary in order to avoid the preprocessing
step required of Yale Linda, which could not be done in an operating
system).  Kernel Linda also supports many advanced features, like
multiple tuple spaces, language-independent communication, shared data,
and so on.  We plan on adapting the Yale proprocessor to use Kernel
Linda as the Linda run-time system.
  
If anyone would like more information, we would be glad to send it.
   
Wm Leler
Cogent Research, Inc.
1100 NW Compton Drive
Beaverton, OR  97006-6998
503/690-1450