ALua: Flexibility for parallel programming

Computer Languages

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-180

  Ururahy, C ^a   Rodriguez, N ^a   Ierusalimschy, R ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interpreted languages; Parallel programming; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROGRAM COMPILERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

INTERPRETED LANGUAGES; GLUE LANGUAGES; KERNELS; PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0037114606     PISSN: 00960551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-0551(02)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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