RE: Java Live | January 9, 2001

["Gerald H. Hilderink" <g.h.hilderink@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrej,

> What?.... I think that this is an exaggeration, at least... I can provide
> you with LONG list of people (more than just a "few") that are not only
> specialists in the field, but have provided very essential contribution.
> More essential contribution than just a book of average quality.

Those people in the list provide very essential contribution to
multithreading by building kernels, developing API’s, building tools,
writing books, and also showing design patterns on top of semaphores and
monitors etc. Christopher shows design patterns in his book. The occam/CSP
model also provides design patterns on top of multithreading. I guess,
occam/CSP contributors are on that list as well.
What troubles me is that Christopher waved away the occam/CSP model too
easily. He may have not thought about those people who want to use
concurrency in a more easy and reliable way at a high-level of abstraction
(such as in object-orientation) than using low-level multithreading (that
breaks object-orientation as Peter explained). I guess, the LONG list is
SHORT after all, or not? That's why I used "few".

My point is, multithreading is not the only style of living. My point is,
the occam/CSP design patterns provide an easy and reliable style of living.

Most people in the list don’t know anything or know little about the
occam/CSP model. Therefore, I am working on a UML/CSP model, which clarifies
the ideas behind the occam/CSP model in their own way of thinking. The
result of this work is astonishing, it improves concurrency in the UML in an
elegant way, it also formalises concurrency in the UML, and code-generation
becomes very straightforward. This takes at least three flies in one strike
:-). Oh yes, it also shows that the concepts of CSP are very very OO. Oops,
another fly killed! :-).

Andrej thanks for your comment.

Gerald.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrzej Lewandowski [mailto:lewando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday 25 January 2001 15:12 PM
> To: Java Threads mail group
> Cc: Andre Bakkers
> Subject: RE: Java Live | January 9, 2001
>
>
>
> > Thanks Rick,
> >
> > This T_Christopher seems to be a specialist in programming concurrent
> > software. ***He is probably one of a few specialists in the world***
>
> What?.... I think that this is an exaggeration, at least... I can provide
> you with LONG list of people (more than just a "few") that are not only
> specialists in the field, but have provided very essential contribution.
> More essential contribution than just a book of average quality.
>
> New on the mail group,
>
> Andrzej Lewandowski
> Shelton, CT, USA