PyLinda 0.4 By Andrew Wilkinson <aw at cs dot york dot ac dot uk>
Introduction --------------- Linda is an widely studied distributed computing environment, centred around the notion of a tuple space. A tuple space is a bag (also called a multi-set) of tuples. A tuple is an ordered, typed chunk of data. Tuple spaces exist independently of processes in the system, and the data placed into a tuple space also exist independently. See "Generative communication in Linda" (1985) and "Multiple tuple spaces in Linda" both by David Gelernter for more information on Linda. PyLinda is a simple implementation of a linda system, however it also includes several of the more recently proposed extensions to Linda in the form of multiple tuple spaces, garbage collection, sane non-blocking primitives and bulk tuple operations. Full details can be found at the website http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~aw/pylinda The package can be downloaded from http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~aw/pylinda/linda-0.4.tar.gz Changes In This Version --------------- - New Features �*�Removed�SysV�shared�memory�and�made�Unix�Domain�Sockets�the�default�as they are quicker. �*�A�new�flashy�website - Bug Fixes �*�Fix�bug�where�some�sockets�would�not�be�in�blocking�mode�and�hence�cause an exception. Thanks to Dave St.Germain for the bug report. �*�Fix�bug�where�Windows�didn't�define�MSG_DONTWAIT�in�the�socket�module. Thanks to Dr Andrew Perella for the bug report. �*�Fix�bug�that�prevented�a�network�of�servers�from�being�formed.�Thanks�to Igor Chaves Cananea for the bug report and patch. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html
