Coarse-grained data languages

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2 total messages Started by Gus Williams Mon, 07 Sep 1992 16:43

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Author: Gus Williams
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 16:43

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Some time ago I saw the answer to this question but did not save the
message.  I am now at the stage where it is needed :')

I have heard of the underlying data scheme behind such packages as
AVS and IRIS Explorer as being called "coarse-grained data flow" and
the previous message (mentioned above) had references to a PhD thesis
from MIT (if my memory serves correctly) by an author who went on to
Evans and Sutherland to continue the research.  The message also mentioned
several other references for this subject.

Does anyone know of any references to this data flow scheme?
Am I correct in terming these packages "coarse-grained data flow"?
If not can anyone point me to references that do describe the
underlying structure for these packages?

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Coarse-grained data languages

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Author: Eugene N. Miya
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 17:49

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Robbie Babb at the Oregon Grad Inst. is one of the people associated with
coarse grain data flow.  Not specifically for graphics programming.
Robbie is the Editor and Chief of Scientific Programming.  Numerous
non-computer graphics references exist.  You can go back to Jack Dennis (MIT)
for the original concept of data flow.  Everybody else's definition differs
slightly.  Also look up Petri nets.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Acting Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya

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