Parallel object-oriented programming in SYMPAL

An object-oriented programming model in a parallel system is presented. It is designed for modelling, describing and solving a wide variety of AI problems. AI applications, in particular, deal with knowledge-bases and a lot of problems have parallel solutions. Therefore, while parallel computers are becoming widespread, there is a need for a rich language that enables the exploitation of parallelism and the achievement of faster solutions. SYMPAL, a parallel symbolic environment and language, that evolved from Common-Lisp, is described, with an emphasis on the POOP (parallel object-oriented programming) style.<
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