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Microsoft Axum

  • Published:
  • Version: 0.3
  • Category: Application
  • Language: English

A .NET language for safe, scalable and productive parallel programming through isolation, actors and message-passing.

  • Installers:Axum is an incubation project from Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform that aims to validate a safe and productive parallel programming model for the .NET framework. It’s a language that builds upon the architecture of the web and the principles of isolation, actors, and message-passing to increase application safety, responsiveness, scalability and developer productivity. Other advanced concepts we are exploring are data flow networks, asynchronous methods, and type annotations for taming side-effects. Axum Lite:Contains the Axum command-line compiler and Axum runtime as well as the sample projects.Programmer's Guide:Use this simple and easy to follow programmer's guide to learn how to create safe, scalable, and responsive applications with the Axum language.Language Specification:A detailed specification of the Axum language.

Files

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FileSize
Axum Language Spec.docx
SHA1: ff44464c428ddac141b93074e81e10799236083e
82 KB
Axum Language Spec.pdf
SHA1: 260197bbcc7b476710d50c98d9a299746ccbb878
827 KB
Axum Programmers Guide.docx
SHA1: 38d0ea541a8dd2b2728dfb2185315145f5c128be
114 KB
Axum Programmers Guide.pdf
SHA1: 7da31621c4e7e26fc4352929e6e8ef7dd8d95684
1.01 MB
AxumLite.zip
SHA1: 73b7a2fd8c992d8e129ab0d50181ec2b2b350cb6
1.54 MB
Axum_VS_2008.msi
SHA1: 7ed97858f3ef381f802c5fb7514d75e5ce4999c6
3.78 MB
Axum_VS_2010.msi
SHA1: af230da2b72429ea12b6a617eac31358f780208c
4.89 MB

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

  • Installers:Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010Axum Lite:Microsoft .NET 3.5. For the sample projects, Visual Studio 2008 or higher is required.Programmer's Guide:Microsoft Word 2007 or Adobe ReaderLanguage Specification:Microsoft Word 2007 or Adobe Reader

Installation Instructions

  • Installer:1. Download and Install Microsoft Axum.2. Launch by opening Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and creating a new Axum Project.Programmer's Guide:1. Download the file and open it in the corresponding viewer.Language Specification:1. Download the file and open it in the corresponding viewer.

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