MultiLisp

language A parallel extension of Scheme with explicit

concurrency. The form (future X) immediately returns a

"future", and creates a task to evaluate X. When the

evaluation is complete, the future is resolved to be the

value.

["MultiLisp: A Language for Concurrent Symbolic Computation",

R. Halstead, TOPLAS pp.501-538 (Oct 1985)].

[Did MultiLisp use PVM as its intermediate language?]

(1998-02-10)