Kilim: Isolation-Typed Actors for Java

This paper describes Kilim, a framework that employs a combination of techniques to help create robust, massively concurrent systems in mainstream languages such as Java: (i) ultra-lightweight, cooperatively-scheduled threads (actors), (ii) a message-passing framework (no shared memory, no locks) and (iii) isolation-aware messaging. Isolation is achieved by controlling the shape and ownership of mutable messages

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ECOOP
• Authors: Sriram Srinivasan, Alan Mycroft
• Keywords: Distributed Programming, ECOOP 2008, Paper Describes Kilim, Programming Languages, Shared Memory