Lynx is a programming language for large distributed networks, using remote procedure calls. A programming language is an Artificial language that can be used to write programs which control the behavior of a machine particularly a Computer. A computer network is a group of interconnected Computers. Networks may be classified according to a wide variety of characteristics Remote procedure call ( RPC) is an Inter-process communication technology that allows a Computer program to cause a Subroutine or procedure to It was developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 for the Charlotte multicomputer operating system.
In 1986 at the University of Rochester Lynx was ported to the Chrysalis operating system running on a BBN Butterfly multiprocessor. The University of Rochester ( U of R UR) is a private, nonsectarian Coeducational Research University located in Rochester
Bibliography
M. L. Scott, "The Lynx Distributed Programming Language: Motivation, Design, and Experience," Computer Languages 16:3/4 (1991), pp. 209-233. http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/scott91lynx.html
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