mcdaniel@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/17/84)
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uiuccsb!mcdaniel Feb 16 15:31:00 1984
Here at the University of Illinois (Urbanana-Champaign), we are
designing an implementation language for the kernel of the Cedar
multiprocessor. Perforce, I am stuck with figuring out what features
this language should have. Please assist me.
This language will probably be a very warped version of C.
Please ***MAIL TO ME*** your answers to/comments on
the following questions:
* What features do you like the most in C?
* What MISfeatures do you DISlike the most in C?
I know that these are very general questions, and I don't want
dissertations. You can indicate broadly the (MIS)features: "strong
typing", "dangling else", et cetera. Also, indicate whether you like
the feature or not (e. g., some C people dislike strong typing).
I would like pointers to theses, books, articles, et cetera.
AGAIN, PLEASE MAIL ANY COMMENTS. I SWEAR TO DIGEST AND SUMMARIZE AND
POST RESULTS. IF YOU POST YOUR COMMENTS, IT'LL JUST BE USELESS
REDUNDANCY.
I believe that you can reach me at:
USENET: ...!{pur-ee|parsec}!uiucdcs!mcdaniel
CSNET: mcdaniel.uiuc@rand-relay (flaky, though)
Thank you.mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (02/20/84)
There already is a Cedar--the Xerox PARC programming environment.
It has been called Cedar for about 5 years, at least. Is your
cedar a spinoff?
--
Mark Weiser
UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!mark
CSNet: mark@umcp-cs ARPA: mark@marylandgrunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/21/84)
#R:uiuccsb:9000014:uiuccsb:9000016:000:168 uiuccsb!grunwald Feb 21 00:29:00 1984 Nope, their CEDAR is an woodsy smelling multi-processor (in terms of hundreds of processors, not two or three). Dirk Grunwald U of I .. ! ihnp4 ! uiucdcs ! grunwald