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From: jrodrig@MITRE-GATEWAY.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Transputer info - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 13:04:17 EDT
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From:  jose rodriguez 


In relation to the non-sequential msg from UUCP on Occam:

I got some literature on the transputer and Occam which I obtained from
Inmos directly. Your best bet is calling them and asking for anything
on the subject. Also Prentice-Hall on it International Series on 
Computer Science has published the Occam Programming Manual. It is a
reference and introduction to the language.

On good thing about it is that Inmos got a version of Occam for the
IBM-PC. The bad news is that it requires UCSD-P system.

Let me ask a question to everyone: has anyone programmed/used/seen the
transputer? What do people think of it? Inmos makes somewhat outrageous
statements about the ability of parallel programming with the transputer.
But I have seen no info from them on one of the key issues in of parallel
processors: how do they deal with inter-processor communication bottle-necks?


Jose
jrodrig@mitre-gw