The logic of message-passing

J. R.B. Cockett, Craig Pastro

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Abstract

Message-passing is a key ingredient of concurrent programming. The purpose of this paper is to describe the equivalence between the proof theory, the categorical semantics, and term calculus of message-passing. In order to achieve this we introduce the categorical notion of a linear actegory and the related polycategorical notion of a poly-actegory. Not surprisingly the notation used for the term calculus borrows heavily from the (synchronous) π-calculus. The cut-elimination procedure for the system provides an operational semantics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)498-533
Number of pages36
JournalScience of Computer Programming
Volume74
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1 2009
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software

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