Strand is a high-level
symbolic language for
parallel computing, similar in syntax to
Prolog
Prolog is a 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 intended primarily a ...
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Artificial Intelligence Ltd were awarded the
British Computer Society
Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of BCS in 1957
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, known as the British Computer Society until 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in infor ...
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Award for Technical Innovation 1989for Strand88.
The language was created by computer scientists
Ian Foster and Stephen Taylor.
Implementations
Felix Winkelmann's web site - StrandFelix Winkelmann's GitLab repository
Further reading
Foster, Ian; Stephen Taylor: ''Strand: new concepts in parallel programming''. .
Concurrent programming languages
Prolog programming language family
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