Joule (programming language)
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Joule is a concurrent dataflow programming language, designed for building distributed applications
. It is so concurrent, that the order of statements within a block is irrelevant to the operation of the block. Statements are executed whenever possible, based on their inputs. Everything in Joule happens by sending messages. There is no control flow
. Instead, the programmer describes the flow of data, making it a dataflow programming language.
It is considered the precursor to the E programming language.
Distributed computing
Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal...
. It is so concurrent, that the order of statements within a block is irrelevant to the operation of the block. Statements are executed whenever possible, based on their inputs. Everything in Joule happens by sending messages. There is no control flow
Control flow
In computer science, control flow refers to the order in which the individual statements, instructions, or function calls of an imperative or a declarative program are executed or evaluated....
. Instead, the programmer describes the flow of data, making it a dataflow programming language.
It is considered the precursor to the E programming language.