Category: <span>Software Architecture</span>

Kilim: Fast, lightweight, cheap message passing in Java

The message passing (MP) paradigm is often seen as a superior alternative to the typical mix of idioms in concurrent (shared-memory, locks) and distributed programming (CORBA/RMI). MP eliminates worries endemic to the shared-memory mindset: lock ordering, failure-coupling, low-level data races and memory models. It simplifies synchronization between data and control …

Lecture 8 | Programming Methodology (Stanford University)

Lecture by Professor Mehran Sahami for the Stanford Computer Science Department (CS106A). Professor Sahami reviews what he covered on methods and functions and then goes into more detail.  CS106A is an Introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. …