A new book, <a href="http://www.quics.queensu.ca:1999/~skill/book.html">Foundations of Parallel Programming</a>, by
<a href="http://www.quics.queensu.ca:1999/~skill/info.html">David Skillicorn</a>, is available from
<a href="http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/">Cambridge University Press</a>. <P>

This book summarises the application of initiality, using the categorical 
data type approach, to general-purpose parallel computation.
There is also an extensive survey of models of parallel computation.
(<a href="http://www.qucis.queensu.ca:1999/contents.ps">Table of Contents</a>.) <P>

To order:
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in Europe, send email to Giulia Portuese-Williams (gpw100@cup.cam.ac.uk)
or use the <a href="http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/">Cambridge University 
Press Home Page</a>.
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In North America, phone 1 800 872 7423.
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