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June 9, 2019
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IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS OF ALBA IN A TRANSPUTER MACHINE

Publicated to:Microprocessing And Microprogramming. 39 (2-5): 65-68 - 1993-01-01 39(2-5), DOI: 10.1016/0165-6074(93)90058-S

Authors: HERNANDEZ, J; DEMIGUEL, P; BARRENA, M; MARTINEZ, JM; POLO, A; NIETO, M;

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Universidad de Extremadura - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author

Abstract

ALBA, A parallel Language Based on Actors [1] is a new programming language designed to take advantage of highly parallel architectures that use message passing as the fundamental low-level interaction primitive. Essentially, an actor is a computational agent which carries out its actions in response to processing a communication [2]. The actions it may perform are: create more actors dynamically; send communications to itself or to other actors and change its behaviour dynamically. These actions are the basic minimal features of an actor system. In this paper, we describe how these features are implemented in our actor-based language, focusing in how them can be easily ported to any multiprocessor or network system. The ALBA programming language is being developed under the HELIOS operating system for a transputer machine.

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Computer science, hardware & architecture

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-08:

  • Open Alex: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-08:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (NIETO RODRIGUEZ, MANUEL MARIA).