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10) PROGRAMMING IN C-LINDA

10.1) What are useful sources of information on programming in Linda?

The C-Linda User's Guide contains several case studies, and SCIENTIFIC also has reprints of Linda case studies. The book "How to Write Parallel Programs: A First Course", by Nicholas Carriero and David Gelernter, published by The MIT Press, is another good source of information on Linda programming.

10.2) How can I implement a barrier in Linda?

Very often barriers are over kill, but when necessary, it is easy to implement. One example is:

  void barrier(i, n)
		  int i; /* My linda id */
		  int n; /* Number of linda processes in the barrier */
		   {
		    int direction;

		    if (n > 1) {
		     if (i == 0) {
		      out("barrier", i + 1, 1);
		      in("barrier", i, ? direction);
		     }
		     else if (i == n - 1) {
		      out("barrier", i - 1, -1);
		      in("barrier", i, ? direction);
		     }
		     else {
		      in("barrier", i, ? direction);
		      out("barrier", i + direction, direction);
		      in("barrier", i, ? direction);
		      out("barrier", i + direction, direction);
		     }
		    } 
		   } 


No initialization or clean up is required for this routine, and it can be executed any number of times.

 



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