language A "coordination language" from
Yale, providing a model for
concurrency with communication via a shared
tuple space. Linda is usually implemented as a subroutine library for a specific base language, as in
C-Linda,
Fortran-Linda,
LindaLISP and
Prolog-Linda. It is available from Scientific Computing Associates, Inc. [What is?]
(https://cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/Linda/linda.html).
There is a
Multi-BinProlog Linda implementation available by (ftp://clement.info.umoncton.ca/).
["Generative Communication in Linda", D. Gelernter
gelernter@cs.yale.edu, ACM TOPLAS 7(1):80-112 (1985)].
["Linda in Context", N. Carreiro et al, Yale U., CACM 32(4):444-458, Apr 1989].
See also
Ease,
Lucinda,
Melinda.
(2000-07-07)