Programming semantics for multiprogrammed computations

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AuthorsJack B. Dennis; Earl C. Van Horn
Typearticle
Year1966
Citekeydennis1966programming

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Published inCommunications of the ACM
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Volume9
Issue3
Pages143--155

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DOI10.1145/365230.365252
OpenAlexW4249212548

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Abstract

The semantics are defined for a number of meta-instructions which perform operations essential to the writing of programs in multiprogrammed computer systems. These meta-instructions relate to parallel processing, protecting of separate computations, program debugging, and the sharing among users of memory segments and other computing objects, the names of which are hierarchically structured. The language sophistication contemplated is midway between an assembly language and an advanced algebraic language.

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@article{dennis1966programming,
  title        = {Programming semantics for multiprogrammed computations},
  author       = {Jack B. Dennis and Earl C. Van Horn},
  year         = {1966},
  journal      = {Communications of the ACM},
  volume       = {9},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {143--155},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  doi          = {10.1145/365230.365252},
}

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