| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L75177/01 |
| Title: |
NOVEL TYPE SYSTEMS FOR CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Gay, Professor SJ |
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| Department: |
School of Computing Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Glasgow |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1997 |
Ends: |
29 February 2000 |
Value (£): |
51,751
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| Fundamentals of Computing |
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The aim of the project is to develop a concurrent programming language with a type system which allows the high level description of complex communication patterns. This will be achieved by modifying the existing definition and implementation of the Pict. Language. The specific goal is to add session types (types describing extended dialogues on particular communication channels) to Pict, so that they coexist smoothly with the present Pict type system. The first step will be to disable the more complex features of the Pict type system (primarily subtyping and higher order polymorphism) and add session types in isolation. Then the interactions between session types and other typing features will be investigated; the relationship between session types and higher order polymorphism is the main theoretical challenge. Finally, the original Pict type system will be restored, in combination with session types. The result will be a new version of Pict with an enhanced type system, supported by static type checking. The benefits of the new type system will be demonstrated by an extensive suite of examples and case studies.
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http://www.gla.ac.uk |