Szymon Kaliski

Tuple Space

• realtime database of tuples which can be accessed concurrently
• tuples can be "alive" (providing computation)
• is a form of distributed shared memory
• look at Dynamicland & Realtalk for radical implementation
• references:
  • Linda In Context

    The model is based on generative communication. If two processes need to communicate, they don't exchange messages or share a variable; instead the data producing process generates a new data object (called a tuple) and sets it adrift in a region called tuple space.

    — Linda in Context - Nicholas Carriero, David Gelernter

  • Blackboard Systems