[net.lang] occam

pwh@gatech.UUCP (Phil Hutto) (07/04/84)

What's the latest on Occam? The only thing i've ever seen in print about this
language for concurrent processing was an article in Electronics ( Nov. 30, 82)
and recent net references by Ehud Shapiro in Israel about implementing
Concurrent Prolog in Occam. I was interested by the Electronics article and
would like to see more. Any refs or comments would be welcome!

thanks,
phil hutto

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phipps@fortune.UUCP (Clay Phipps) (07/07/84)

For more information on "occam", see

    David May: "occam", 
    *SIGPLan Notices*, vol. 18, num. 4, April 1983, p. 69 .. 79.

Yep, for some reason, inmos displays the name "occam" all in lowr case.

-- Clay Phipps

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pcf@drux3.UUCP (FryPC) (07/10/84)

[Someone let me out of here, I am trapped by non-working mail.]

The occam described in sigplan and other published articles is not the final
version of the language.  It was released as an 'evaluation' version so that
the designers could get feedback from users. If you want to find out about the
final version (that might have such exotic features as structures, floating-
point operations and well defined input/output) you should contact Inmos.

For more information on "occam", contact  (parallel address format)

	 Inmos Corp.                         Inmos Ltd.
	 Box 16000                           Whitefriars,
	 Colorado Springs, CO 80935          Lewins Mead,
	 USA                                 Bristol      BS1 2NP
	 												 England

	 Tel. (303) 630-4363                 Tel. (0272) 290861

"You can make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies or
 so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."  

(Misquoted from Prof. C.A.R. (Tony) Hoare consultant to Inmos and maker of
 rude comments about Ada.)

"occam" is a trademark of the Inmos group of companies.
"Occam" is a trademark of someone who has nothing to do with Inmos.

Peter Fry (Nothing to do with Inmos - now.)
drux3!pcf

steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) (07/13/84)

I recently saw a definition of occam published by Prentice Hall
in the series of books Tony Hoare is editor of (with the red and white covers).
It was very pretty, with different colour inks used for different parts of the
specification.