Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science)

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Summary: A good Introductory Book
Review: A very good introductory text to concurrent programming, using something like pseudo-ada as the example language. It starts introducing the basics concepts, like deadlocks, starvation, contention, etc. There's a entire chapter for Semaphores and Another one for Monitors. So, it explores the folclorical problem of the Dinning Philosophers. Real paralell programming is discused too. There's special chapters for the Languages Linda, Ocan and Ada. It ends with a review of the Spartian Generals problem and a chapter about real time sistems

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Summary: An excellent rigorous introduction
Review: An excellent, rigorous, mathematical introduction to concurrent programming. This book concentrates on principles and theory, providing an excellent background for concurrent programming.

Readers expecting a tutorial on pthreads or win32 threads should look elsewhere.

A calculus for reasoning about concurrent programming is presented, along with problems, solutions, and proofs for common concurrent programming concerns.

A superb academic treatment of the topic, but not for the weak kneed.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent rigorous introduction
Review: This book is an excellent, rigorous introduction to concurrent programming. This book concentrates on principles and theory, providing an excellent background for concurrent programming.

A calculus for reasoning about concurrent programming is presented, along with problems, solutions, and proofs for common concurrent programming issues.

An superb academic treatment of the topic, but not for the weak kneed.

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Summary: Very good introduction
Review: Used at the University of Liege, Belgium as reference for the Parallel System lecture. Everyone found it very useful