Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • The SALSA Distributed Programming Language
  • Structure of the Tutorial
  
  
• Actor-Oriented Programming
  • The Actor Model
  • How SALSA Supports the Actor Model
  • Beyond the Actor Model
  
  
• Writing Concurrent Programs
  • SALSA Language Support for Actor State Modification
  • Actor Creation
  • Message Passing
  • Coordinating Concurrency
    • Token passing continuations
    • Join continuations
    • First-class continuations
  • I/O Actor Access
  • Writing Your First SALSA Program
    • Steps to compile and execute your SALSA program
    • Hello World example
    • Compiling and running Hello World
  
  
• Writing Distributed Programs
  • Worldwide Computing Model
    • World-wide computer (WWC) architecture
    • Universal naming - UAN and UAL
    • Actor garbage collection
  • How SALSA Supports the Worldwide Computing Model
    • Universal actor creation
    • Referencing actors
    • Migration
    • Service
  • Run-Time Support for WWC Application
    • Theaters
    • Universal naming service
    • Running an application
    • Local actor garbage collection
    • Optional distributed garbage collection service
  
  
• Advanced Concurrency Coordination
  • Named Tokens
  • Join Continuations
  • Message Properties
    • Property: priority
    • Property: delay
    • Property: waitfor
    • Property: delayWaitfor
  
  
• Bibliography
• Name Server Options and System Properties
  • Name Server Options
  • System Properties
  
  
• Debugging Tips
• Learning SALSA by Example Code
  • Package examples
  • Package tests
  
  
• SALSA GRAMMAR