Contents

• Introduction
  • The SALSA Distributed Programming Language
  • Outline
  
  
• Actor-Oriented Programming
  • The Actor Model
  • Actors in SALSA
  
  
• Writing Concurrent Programs
  • Actor State Modification
  • Actor Creation
  • Message Passing
  • Coordinating Concurrency
    • Token-Passing Continuations
    • Join Blocks
    • First-Class Continuations
  • Using Input/Output (I/O) Actors
  • Developing SALSA Programs
    • Writing SALSA Programs
    • HelloWorld example
    • Compiling and Running HelloWorld
  
  
• Writing Distributed Programs
  • Worldwide Computing Model
    • The World-Wide Computer (WWC) Architecture
    • Universal Naming
  • WWC Implementation in SALSA
    • Universal Actor Creation
    • Referencing actors
    • Migration
    • Actors as Network Service
  • Run-time Support for WWC Application
    • Universal Naming Service
    • Theaters
    • Running an Application
  
  
• Advanced Concurrency Coordination
  • Named Tokens
  • Join Block Continuations
  • Message Properties
    • Property: priority
    • Property: delay
    • Property: waitfor
    • Property: delayWaitfor
  
  
• Actor Garbage Collection
  • Actor Garbage Definition
  • Actor Garbage Collection in SALSA
    • The Live Unblocked Actor Principle
    • Local Actor Garbage Collection
    • Optional Distributed Garbage Collection Service
  
  
• Bibliography
• Name Server Options and System Properties
  • Name Server Options
  • System Properties
  
  
• Debugging Tips
• Learning SALSA by Example Code
  • Package examples
  • Package tests
  
  
• Visualization of SALSA Applications with OverView
  • Introduction
  • Using OverView with SALSA Programs
  
  
• History of SALSA
• SALSA Grammar