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LISP
1998
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Scheme: A Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus
Inspired by ACTORS [7, 17], we have implemented an interpreter for a LISP-like language, SCHEME, based on the lambda calculus [2], but extended for side effects, multiprocessing, a...
Gerald J. Sussman, Guy L. Steele Jr.
USENIX
2001
14 years 25 days ago
Improving the FreeBSD SMP Implementation
UNIX-derived operating systems have traditionally have a simplistic approach to process synchronization which is unsuited to multiprocessor application. Initial FreeBSD SMP suppor...
Greg Lehey
EUROPAR
2001
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Using a Swap Instruction to Coalesce Loads and Stores
A swap instruction, which exchanges a value in memory with a value of a register, is available on many architectures. The primary application of a swap instruction has been for pro...
Apan Qasem, David B. Whalley, Xin Yuan, Robert van...