Download or read book The Origin of Concurrent Programming written by Per Brinch Hansen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential reader containing 19 important papers on the invention and early development of concurrent programming and its relevance to computer science and computer engineering. All of them are written by the pioneers in concurrent programming, including Brinch Hansen himself, and have introductions added that summarize the papers and put them in perspective. The editor provides an overview chapter and neatly places all developments in perspective with chapter introductions and expository apparatus. Essential resource for graduates, professionals, and researchers in CS with an interest in concurrent programming principles. A familiarity with operating system principles is assumed.