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The objectives for a theory of parallel programming are discussed. Programming constructs for parallelism, including means for expressing resource constraints and synchorinzation, are discussed and formally defined.
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Hoare, C.A. (1978). Towards a Theory of Parallel Programming. In: Gries, D. (eds) Programming Methodology. Texts and Monographs in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6315-9_16
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