Orca
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but with support for
distributed programming using shared data objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data
type removes the need for pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with
Amoeba. "Orca: A Language for Distributed Processing", H.E. Bal
<bal@cs.vu.nl> et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(5):17-24 (May 1990).
Nearby terms:
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