%T Solving the Santa Claus Problem: a Comparison of Various Concurrent Programming Techniques
%A  Jason Hurt,  Jan Bækgaard Pedersen
%E Peter H. Welch,  S. Stepney,  F.A.C Polack,  Frederick R. M. Barnes,  Alistair A. McEwan,  G. S. Stiles,  Jan F. Broenink,  Adam T. Sampson
%B Communicating Process Architectures 2008
%X The Santa Claus problem provides an excellent exercise in
   concurrent
programming. It can be used to show the
   simplicity or complexity of
solving problems using a
   particular set of concurrency mechanisms and
offers a
   comparison of these mechanisms. Shared\-memory
   constructs,
message passing constructs, and process oriented
   constructs will
be used in various programming languages to
   solve the Santa Claus
Problem. Various concurrency
   mechanisms available will be examined
and analyzed as to
   their respective strengths and weaknesses.