
The Origin of Concurrent Programming: From Semaphores to Remote Procedure Calls (Hardback)
Per Brinch Hansen (editor)
£96.00
Hardback
534 Pages /
Published: 31/05/2002
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An essential reader containing 19 important papers on the invention and early development of concurrent programming and its relevance to computer science and computer engineering. 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. The editor provides an overview chapter and neatly places all developments in perspective with chapter introductions and expository apparatus. Essential resource for graduates, professionals, and researchers in CS with an interest in concurrent programming principles. A familiarity with operating system principles is assumed.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN: 9780387954011
Number of pages: 534
Weight: 1121 g
Dimensions: 235 x 178 x 34 mm
Edition: 2002 ed.
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