This book describes a method for writing concurrent computer programs of high quality. It is written for professional programmers and students who are faced with the complicated task of building reliable computer operating systems or real-time control programs. The motivations for mastering concurrent programming are both economic and intellectual. Concurrent programming makes it possible to use a computer where many things need attention at the same time - be they people at terminals or temperatures in an industrial plant. It is without doubt the most difficult form of programming.
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