tool: SPOC (Southampton Portable Occam Compiler)

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Language:	OCCAM 2 (A parallel, concurrent, distributed language)
Version:	1.1
Parts:	compiler(->C), run-time system, documentation, tools, examples
Author:	Denis Nicole <dan@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Sean Wykes <smw@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Mark Debbage <md@pact.srf.ac.uk>, Mark Hill <mbh@pact.srf.ac.uk>
Location:	ftp://ftp.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/occam/spoc1.1 ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/parallel/occam/compilers/spoc http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/occam/compilers/spoc/index.html
Description:	supports the OCCAM 2 programming language.
Conformance:	Full implementation of OCCAM 2
Reference:	"OCCAM 2 reference manual", INMOS ltd, Prentice-Hall International, ISBN 0-13-629312-3
Features:	The system generates ANSI-C code, implementing efficient portable concurrency running on a single target processor. Supports cross-linking with NAG Fortran-90 compiler.
Restriction:	GPL'ed
Requires:	C compiler, gmd compiler tools (available with compiler sources) (Sun4 binaries available)
Ports:	Sun3, Sun4
Portability:	? Should work on most UNIXes
Status:	actively developed, supported
Discussion:	comp.sys.transputer
Contact:	Dr Denis A Nicole <dan@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Updated:	1-March-1994

language: OCCAM 2

category: concurrent, parellel, and simulation languages summary, or expanded.