From: Paul Morrison <74720.2367@CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Visual languages for concurrency
Date: 28 Apr 1999 15:26:37 GMT
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Depending on what you are interested in, you may find my work 
on data-flow oriented application development relevant.  In 
this approach to application development, data chunks flow 
between components running asynchronously, across fixed 
connections.  You start with a diagram, which converts very 
simply into a running program, and because the linkage between 
components is via data, not control flow, it lends itself to the 
development of reusable components.  But the basic unit of 
comprehension is the diagram, which can be multi-level.  This 
technology is called Flow-Based programming, and I published a 
book on it in 1994. 

You can also visit my web site at 
http://www.e-smith.org/people/paul/fbp.

If you find it interesting, we can correspond by phone or e-mail.

Regards,

Paul Morrison

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J. Paul Morrison

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