Clix* - A hybrid programming environment for distributed objects and distributed shared memory

Abstract

Parallel programming with distributed object technology becomes increasingly popular but shared-memory programming is still a common way of utilizing parallel machines. In fact, both models can coexist fairly well and soft w are DSM systems can be constructed easily using distributed object systems. In this paper, we describe the construction of a hybrid programming platform based on the Arts distributed object system. We describe how an object-oriented design approach provides a compact and flexible description of the system components. A sample implementation demonstrates that three classes of less than 100 lines of code each suffice to implement sequential consistency. © 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.