Parallel Symbolic Computing

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 1986Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:Computer, volume 19, pages 35-43 (issn: 0018-9162,

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Authors: Robert H. Halstead Jr.;

doi: 10.1109/mc.1986.1663306

Parallel Symbolic Computing

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Programs differ from one another in many dimensions. In one such dimension, programs can be laid out along a spectrum with predominantly symbolic programs at one end and predominantly numerical programs at the other. The differences between numerical and symbolic programs suggest different approaches to parallel processing. This article explores the problems and opportunities of parallel symbolic computing and describes the language Multilisp, used at M.I.T. for experiments in parallel symbolic programming.

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