Concert

Developed by:
IBM Hawthorne, USA Shaula A. Yemini, German S. Goldszmidt and Alexander D. Stoyenko

Short Description:
Concert is a high-level-language-based programming system for heterogeneous distributed systems. The Concert model introduces a small set of language extensions into conventional procedural languages. These language extensions support a cooperative peer p rocess model which addresses in the distributed environment the same issues addressed by language semantics in the conventional environment. The Concert implementation provides layered support for these language extensions, bridging a different source of heterogeneity at each layer.

Model: heterogeneous, loosely coupled
Properties: UNIX-compatible, process migration, fault-tolerant
Transparency: access, location, failure
Running on: AIX, OS/2 on PS/2
Date: 1989

References:
S. A. Yemini, G. Goldszmidt, A. Stoyenko, Y. Wei and L. Beeck: "Concert: A High-Level-Language Approach to Heterogeneous Distributed Systems". IEEE: The Ninth International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, pp. 162-171, June 1989.

Yi-Hsiu Wei, Alexander D. Stoyenko and German S. Goldszmidt: "Data Conversion and Stub Generation in Concert RPC System". RC15973, 1990.