python-csp: Communicating Sequential Processes for Python.

Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/

Copyright (C) Sarah Mount, 2009 under the GNU GPL v2. See the file
LICENSE for more details.

Installation:
------------

  python-csp can be installed using PIP (PIP Installs Python):

    $ sudo pip install python-csp

  or from a source distribution using setup.py:

    $ sudo python setup.py install


Introduction.
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  python-csp adds C.A.R. (Tony) Hoare's Communicating Sequential
  Processes to Python. A brief example:

  >>> @process
  ... def writer(channel, n):
  ...      for i in xrange(n):
  ...              channel.write(i)
  ...      channel.poison()
  ...      return
  ... 
  >>> @process
  ... def reader(channel):
  ...      while True:
  ...              print channel.read()
  ... 
  >>> chan = Channel()
  >>> Par(reader(chan), writer(chan, 5)).start()
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
  >>>

Documentation.
-------------

  There are several sources of documentation for python-csp:

  * If you are running the python-csp shell, type "info csp" to list
    available in-shell help.  

  * A user guide exists online at:
    http://code.google.com/p/python-csp/wiki/Tutorial

  * tutorial/ contains code from the tutorial pages on the wiki.

  * docs/ contains API documentation generated directly from the
    python-csp source code.

  * examples/ contains some larger example programs.


Publications.
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S. Mount, M. Hammoudeh, S. Wilson, R. Newman (2009) CSP as a
Domain-Specific Language Embedded in Python and Jython. In Proceedings
of Communicating Process Architectures 2009. Eindoven,
Netherlands. 1st -- 4th November 2009. Published IOS Press.