Strand (programming language)
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Strand is a high-level symbolic language for parallel computing
, similar in syntax to Prolog
.
Artificial Intelligence Ltd were awarded the British Computer Society
Award for Technical Innovation 1989 for Strand88.
The language was created by computer scientists Ian Foster
and Stephen Taylor.
Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently . There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level,...
, similar in syntax to Prolog
Prolog
Prolog is a general purpose logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.Prolog has its roots in first-order logic, a formal logic, and unlike many other programming languages, Prolog is declarative: the program logic is expressed in terms of...
.
Artificial Intelligence Ltd were awarded the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
Award for Technical Innovation 1989 for Strand88.
The language was created by computer scientists Ian Foster
Ian Foster
Ian Foster is a Distinguished Fellow and the Associate Division Director in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, where he leads the Distributed Systems Laboratory, and he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago...
and Stephen Taylor.