Glish is an interpretive language for building loosely-coupled
distributed systems from modular, event-oriented programs.
written in conventional languages such as C, C++, or Fortran.
Glish scripts can create local and remote processes and
control their communication. Glish also provides a full,
array-oriented programming language (similar to
S) for
manipulating binary data sent between the processes. In
general Glish uses a centralised communication model where
interprocess communication passes through the Glish
interpreter, allowing dynamic modification and rerouting of
data values, but Glish also supports point-to-point links
between processes when necessary for high performance.
and user manual. It requires C++ and there are ports to
["Glish: A User-Level Software Bus for Loosely-Coupled
Distributed Systems," Vern Paxson and Chris Saltmarsh,
Proceedings of the 1993 Winter USENIX Conference, San Diego,
CA, January, 1993].
(1993-11-01)