SCOOP : Concurrent Programming Made Easy

The SCOOP model (Simple Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming) provides a simple yet very powerful mechanism for parallel computation. The model takes advantage of the inherent concurrency implicit in object-oriented programming to provide programmers with a simple extension enabling them to produce parallel applications with little more effort than sequential ones. SCOOP is applicable to many different physical setups, from multiprocessing to multithreading, highly parallel processors for scientific computation, distributed computation, and Web services. In this article, we present the basic concepts of the model and show how easily parallel and distributed computation can be achieved in a way that preserves the full power of all object-oriented techniques. Several programming examples illustrate the discussion.

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