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diff --git a/lang/kali/DESCR b/lang/kali/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b9da3a912e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/kali/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Kali Scheme is a distributed implementation of Scheme that permits +efficient transmission of higher-order objects such as closures +and continuations. The integration of distributed communication +facilities within a higher-order programming language engenders a +number of new abstractions and paradigms for distributed computing. +Among these are user-specified load-balancing and migration policies +for threads, incrementally-linked distributed computations, and +parameterized client-server applications. Kali Scheme supports +concurrency and communication using first-class procedures and +continuations. It integrates procedures and continuations into a +message-based distributed framework that allows any Scheme object +(including code vectors) to be sent and received in a message. Some +of the applications and implementation techniques we have looked +at using Kali Scheme include: + + User-level load balancing and migration. + Incremental distributed linking of code objects. + Parameterized client-server applications. + Long-lived parallel computations. + Distributed data mining. + Executable content in messages over wide-area networks + (e.g. the World-Wide Web) |